Reviewer's report 
 Colon biopsies for evaluation of Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease (A-GVHD) in allogeneic Title: 
bone marrow transplant patients. 
Authors: 
Dr Vinod Shidham ( vshidham@mcw.edu )
Chung-Che Chang ( jcchang@mcw.edu )
Ganesh Shidham ( gshidham@hotmail.com )
Farrukh Ghazala ( meh407@aol.com )
Paul Lindholm ( p-lindholm@northwestern.edu )
Bal Kampalath ( bkampala@mcw.edu )
Varghese George ( vgeorge@uab.edu )
Richard Komorowski ( rkomor@mcw.edu )
 2  10 Mar 2003 Version: Date: 
 Lisbet Sviland Reviewer: 
 A paper of limited interest Level of interest: 
 Accept after discretionary revisions Advice on publication: 
I have only a few comments to the revised manuscript. 
1.On page 3 I would still prefer the authors to state that the incidence of A-GVHD after allogeneic transplantation ranges from 30% to 60% with skin as the most commonly affected organ often 
accompanied by intestinal and/or liver involvement. 
2. On page 10 the authors should remove the sentence "These associations included decreased plasma cells in LP...." as their reference to plasma cells has now been deleted from the paper. 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
Reviewer's report 
 Colon biopsies for evaluation of Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease (A-GVHD) in allogeneic Title: 
bone marrow transplant patients. 
Authors: 
Dr Vinod Shidham ( vshidham@mcw.edu )
Chung-Che Chang ( jcchang@mcw.edu )
Ganesh Shidham ( gshidham@hotmail.com )
Farrukh Ghazala ( meh407@aol.com )
Paul Lindholm ( p-lindholm@northwestern.edu )
Bal Kampalath ( bkampala@mcw.edu )
Varghese George ( vgeorge@uab.edu )
Richard Komorowski ( rkomor@mcw.edu )
 2  10 Mar 2003 Version: Date: 
 Lisbet Sviland Reviewer: 
 A paper of limited interest Level of interest: 
 Accept after discretionary revisions Advice on publication: 
I have only a few comments to the revised manuscript. 
1.On page 3 I would still prefer the authors to state that the incidence of A-GVHD after allogeneic transplantation ranges from 30% to 60% with skin as the most commonly affected organ often 
accompanied by intestinal and/or liver involvement. 
2. On page 10 the authors should remove the sentence "These associations included decreased plasma cells in LP...." as their reference to plasma cells has now been deleted from the paper. 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report 
 Colon biopsies for evaluation of Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease (A-GVHD) in allogeneic Title: 
bone marrow transplant patients. 
Authors: 
Dr Vinod Shidham ( vshidham@mcw.edu )
Chung-Che Chang ( jcchang@mcw.edu )
Ganesh Shidham ( gshidham@hotmail.com )
Farrukh Ghazala ( meh407@aol.com )
Paul Lindholm ( p-lindholm@northwestern.edu )
Bal Kampalath ( bkampala@mcw.edu )
Varghese George ( vgeorge@uab.edu )
Richard Komorowski ( rkomor@mcw.edu )
 2  10 Mar 2003 Version: Date: 
 Lisbet Sviland Reviewer: 
 A paper of limited interest Level of interest: 
 Accept after discretionary revisions Advice on publication: 
I have only a few comments to the revised manuscript. 
1.On page 3 I would still prefer the authors to state that the incidence of A-GVHD after allogeneic transplantation ranges from 30% to 60% with skin as the most commonly affected organ often 
accompanied by intestinal and/or liver involvement. 
2. On page 10 the authors should remove the sentence "These associations included decreased plasma cells in LP...." as their reference to plasma cells has now been deleted from the paper. 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
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