title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meyre
authors.affiliation: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 8199, Lille Pasteur Institute, Lille, Nord, France; Department of Genomics of Common Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Froguel
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Landesspital, Vaduz, Liechtenstein; University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Fritz F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Horber
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America.
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kral
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*; D044105:Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4 / Q000235:genetics*; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D044105:Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4