Reviewer's report 
 Therapeutic approach to downhill esophageal varices bleeding due to SVC syndrome in Behcets Title: 
disease: a case report. 
 1  7 November 2006 Version: Date: 
 Riccardo Marmo Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be 
reached) 
Minor Compulsory Revisions 
This case report is well structured and there are no major concerns. 
Minor comments : 
1) abbreviations in the title and abstract would rather be avoided. Change the corresponding terms. 2) Page 5 : sentence should be stopped after “hematemesis”, since it is unclear how the entity of the bleeding was measured. 
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3) The Pemberton ‘s sign should be more clearly explained in the text “….“Within 30 seconds after raised 
both arms simultaneously (Pemberton's maneuver), marked facial plethora (Pemberton's sign) develop, indicating compression of the jugular vein 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Reviewer's report 
 Therapeutic approach to downhill esophageal varices bleeding due to SVC syndrome in Behcets Title: 
disease: a case report. 
 1  7 November 2006 Version: Date: 
 Riccardo Marmo Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be 
reached) 
Minor Compulsory Revisions 
This case report is well structured and there are no major concerns. 
Minor comments : 
1) abbreviations in the title and abstract would rather be avoided. Change the corresponding terms. 2) Page 5 : sentence should be stopped after “hematemesis”, since it is unclear how the entity of the bleeding was measured. 
. 
3) The Pemberton ‘s sign should be more clearly explained in the text “….“Within 30 seconds after raised 
both arms simultaneously (Pemberton's maneuver), marked facial plethora (Pemberton's sign) develop, indicating compression of the jugular vein 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report 
 Therapeutic approach to downhill esophageal varices bleeding due to SVC syndrome in Behcets Title: 
disease: a case report. 
 1  7 November 2006 Version: Date: 
 Riccardo Marmo Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be 
reached) 
Minor Compulsory Revisions 
This case report is well structured and there are no major concerns. 
Minor comments : 
1) abbreviations in the title and abstract would rather be avoided. Change the corresponding terms. 2) Page 5 : sentence should be stopped after “hematemesis”, since it is unclear how the entity of the bleeding was measured. 
. 
3) The Pemberton ‘s sign should be more clearly explained in the text “….“Within 30 seconds after raised 
both arms simultaneously (Pemberton's maneuver), marked facial plethora (Pemberton's sign) develop, indicating compression of the jugular vein 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
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