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. 2014 Mar 31;9(3):e93324.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093324. eCollection 2014.

Comment on: Valette et al. Melanocortin-4 receptor mutations and polymorphisms do not affect weight loss after bariatric surgery. PLOS ONE 2012; 7(11):E48221

David Meyre  1 , Philippe Froguel  2 , Fritz F Horber  3 , John G Kral  4
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Comment on: Valette et al. Melanocortin-4 receptor mutations and polymorphisms do not affect weight loss after bariatric surgery. PLOS ONE 2012; 7(11):E48221

David Meyre et al. PLoS One. .
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