Reviewer's report 
 Lactobacillus GG in inducing and maintaining remission of Crohn's disease Title: 
 1  7 November 2003 Version: Date: 
 Paolo Gionchetti Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) b) Minor Compulsory Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the 
wrong use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct) 
1) on page 3, first line of methods it is not clear what does it means ...were with moderate to active 
Crohn's disease 2)page 3 line 19 what does it means : Primary end point was after 6 months or at time of relapse. 3) page 5 line 12, the sentence:" L GG in inducing medically induced remission " is not clear. 
c) Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can 
be reached) 
1) Authors should clearly state which were the primary and secondary end-points. 
2) results should be better explained. 
 Accept after minor compulsory revisions What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
None 
Reviewer's report 
 Lactobacillus GG in inducing and maintaining remission of Crohn's disease Title: 
 1  7 November 2003 Version: Date: 
 Paolo Gionchetti Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) b) Minor Compulsory Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the 
wrong use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct) 
1) on page 3, first line of methods it is not clear what does it means ...were with moderate to active 
Crohn's disease 2)page 3 line 19 what does it means : Primary end point was after 6 months or at time of relapse. 3) page 5 line 12, the sentence:" L GG in inducing medically induced remission " is not clear. 
c) Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can 
be reached) 
1) Authors should clearly state which were the primary and secondary end-points. 
2) results should be better explained. 
 Accept after minor compulsory revisions What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
None 
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Reviewer's report 
 Lactobacillus GG in inducing and maintaining remission of Crohn's disease Title: 
 1  7 November 2003 Version: Date: 
 Paolo Gionchetti Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) b) Minor Compulsory Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the 
wrong use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct) 
1) on page 3, first line of methods it is not clear what does it means ...were with moderate to active 
Crohn's disease 2)page 3 line 19 what does it means : Primary end point was after 6 months or at time of relapse. 3) page 5 line 12, the sentence:" L GG in inducing medically induced remission " is not clear. 
c) Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can 
be reached) 
1) Authors should clearly state which were the primary and secondary end-points. 
2) results should be better explained. 
 Accept after minor compulsory revisions What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
None 
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