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Response to Letter to Editor: Comment on "The infant gut microbiome and cognitive development in malnutrition"
J M O'Sullivan1, I Shennon2, A H Behling2
1The Liggins Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand; The Maurice Wilkins Centre, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand; MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK; Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science Technology and Research, Singapore.
Clinical Nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|July 30, 2024
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