Reviewer's report
Title:Prospective Acid Reflux Study of Iran (PARSI): Methodology and study
design
Version: 1Date:14 September 2007
Reviewer: Eamonn M M Quigley
Reviewer's report:
General
This is the protocol for a large and very important study of GERD in Iran; the
results will be of great interest but I am not convinced that, without some results,
this manuscript will be of much interest. There needs to be some results; for
example, differences in approach between Iran and elsewhere, issues related to
culture/language which influence terminology or have hampered the study and
led to changes would be of soem interest. Otherwise I would advise the authors
to wait until they have some data. Then they will have information and
manuscripts of great interest.
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision
on publication can be reached)
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Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of
a term, which the author can be trusted to correct)
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore)
What next?: Reject because too small an advance to publish
Level of interest: An article of insufficient interest to warrant publication in a
scientific/medical journal
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:Prospective Acid Reflux Study of Iran (PARSI): Methodology and study
design
Version: 1Date:14 September 2007
Reviewer: Eamonn M M Quigley
Reviewer's report:
General
This is the protocol for a large and very important study of GERD in Iran; the
results will be of great interest but I am not convinced that, without some results,
this manuscript will be of much interest. There needs to be some results; for
example, differences in approach between Iran and elsewhere, issues related to
culture/language which influence terminology or have hampered the study and
led to changes would be of soem interest. Otherwise I would advise the authors
to wait until they have some data. Then they will have information and
manuscripts of great interest.
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision
on publication can be reached)
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Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of
a term, which the author can be trusted to correct)
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore)
What next?: Reject because too small an advance to publish
Level of interest: An article of insufficient interest to warrant publication in a
scientific/medical journal
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Prospective Acid Reflux Study of Iran (PARSI): Methodology and study
design
Version: 1Date:14 September 2007
Reviewer: Eamonn M M Quigley
Reviewer's report:
General
This is the protocol for a large and very important study of GERD in Iran; the
results will be of great interest but I am not convinced that, without some results,
this manuscript will be of much interest. There needs to be some results; for
example, differences in approach between Iran and elsewhere, issues related to
culture/language which influence terminology or have hampered the study and
led to changes would be of soem interest. Otherwise I would advise the authors
to wait until they have some data. Then they will have information and
manuscripts of great interest.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision
on publication can be reached)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of
a term, which the author can be trusted to correct)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore)
What next?: Reject because too small an advance to publish
Level of interest: An article of insufficient interest to warrant publication in a
scientific/medical journal
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: No, the manuscript does not need to be seen by a
statistician.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
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