Reviewer's report
Title:Presence of intestinal Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis
(MAP) DNA is not associated with altered MMP expression in ulcerative colitis
Version: 3Date:14 March 2011
Reviewer: Paul Scully
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions:
Satisfactory
Discretionary Revisions:
Satisfactory
Minor Essential Revisions:
1: Methods: Page 6: Paragraph 2: Capital “G” with germans.
2: Methods: Page 6: Paragraph 2: laboratory “for” further investigations. Missing
word.
3: Results: Page 12: Paragraph 4: “When comparing patients stratified to the
treatment…..more frequently obtained” This sentence needs to be reworded.
4: Discussion: Page 16: Paragraph 2/3: Captial “G” and “N”.
5: Discussion: Page 17: Final paragraph. “,” required after thalidomide.
6: Discussion; Page 19: Paragraph 2: “and MMP, which” comma again required.
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:Presence of intestinal Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis
(MAP) DNA is not associated with altered MMP expression in ulcerative colitis
Version: 3Date:14 March 2011
Reviewer: Paul Scully
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions:
Satisfactory
Discretionary Revisions:
Satisfactory
Minor Essential Revisions:
1: Methods: Page 6: Paragraph 2: Capital “G” with germans.
2: Methods: Page 6: Paragraph 2: laboratory “for” further investigations. Missing
word.
3: Results: Page 12: Paragraph 4: “When comparing patients stratified to the
treatment…..more frequently obtained” This sentence needs to be reworded.
4: Discussion: Page 16: Paragraph 2/3: Captial “G” and “N”.
5: Discussion: Page 17: Final paragraph. “,” required after thalidomide.
6: Discussion; Page 19: Paragraph 2: “and MMP, which” comma again required.
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:Presence of intestinal Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis
(MAP) DNA is not associated with altered MMP expression in ulcerative colitis
Version: 3Date:14 March 2011
Reviewer: Paul Scully
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions:
Satisfactory
Discretionary Revisions:
Satisfactory
Minor Essential Revisions:
1: Methods: Page 6: Paragraph 2: Capital “G” with germans.
2: Methods: Page 6: Paragraph 2: laboratory “for” further investigations. Missing
word.
3: Results: Page 12: Paragraph 4: “When comparing patients stratified to the
treatment…..more frequently obtained” This sentence needs to be reworded.
4: Discussion: Page 16: Paragraph 2/3: Captial “G” and “N”.
5: Discussion: Page 17: Final paragraph. “,” required after thalidomide.
6: Discussion; Page 19: Paragraph 2: “and MMP, which” comma again required.
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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