Reviewer's report
Title:Long-term follow-up of nonspecific small bowel ulcers with a benign course
and no requirement for surgery: is this a distinct group?
Version: 3Date:5 April 2011
Reviewer: Takayuki Matsumoto
Reviewer's report:
The manuscript has been much improved, but still has one point to be clarified.
The authors defined ulcers as “being no smaller than 3mm in diameter with
significant depth”. But most ulcers in your manuscript seemed smaller than your
definition (I have already mentioned it in the major comment #1). Do all the
present cases really have “ulcers”? Your answer did not resolve my question. Did
you measure them by using the linear endoscopic probes, open biopsy forceps
or just visual estimation?. The authors should add the technique you adopted to
“Methods”.
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
Reviewer's report
Title:Long-term follow-up of nonspecific small bowel ulcers with a benign course
and no requirement for surgery: is this a distinct group?
Version: 3Date:5 April 2011
Reviewer: Takayuki Matsumoto
Reviewer's report:
The manuscript has been much improved, but still has one point to be clarified.
The authors defined ulcers as “being no smaller than 3mm in diameter with
significant depth”. But most ulcers in your manuscript seemed smaller than your
definition (I have already mentioned it in the major comment #1). Do all the
present cases really have “ulcers”? Your answer did not resolve my question. Did
you measure them by using the linear endoscopic probes, open biopsy forceps
or just visual estimation?. The authors should add the technique you adopted to
“Methods”.
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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Reviewer's report
Title:Long-term follow-up of nonspecific small bowel ulcers with a benign course
and no requirement for surgery: is this a distinct group?
Version: 3Date:5 April 2011
Reviewer: Takayuki Matsumoto
Reviewer's report:
The manuscript has been much improved, but still has one point to be clarified.
The authors defined ulcers as “being no smaller than 3mm in diameter with
significant depth”. But most ulcers in your manuscript seemed smaller than your
definition (I have already mentioned it in the major comment #1). Do all the
present cases really have “ulcers”? Your answer did not resolve my question. Did
you measure them by using the linear endoscopic probes, open biopsy forceps
or just visual estimation?. The authors should add the technique you adopted to
“Methods”.
Level of interest: An article of limited interest
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the
statistics.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests
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