Reviewer's report 
 Antiviral Therapy In Neonatal Cholestatic Cytomegalovirus Hepatitis Title: 
 5  22 December 2006 Version: Date: 
 Gail Demmler Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The authors report their recent experience with a case series of infants with neonatal hepatitis/liver disease 
associated with CMV infection and provide evidence that treatment with ganciclovir is beneficial in these patients. 
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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) 
Abstract/Results: the word "efficient" may be better "effective". 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
Tables: It is possible to unify the data in the four tables into one table. 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests Level of interest: 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
 Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the statistics. Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
I declare that I have no competing interests. 
Reviewer's report 
 Antiviral Therapy In Neonatal Cholestatic Cytomegalovirus Hepatitis Title: 
 5  22 December 2006 Version: Date: 
 Gail Demmler Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The authors report their recent experience with a case series of infants with neonatal hepatitis/liver disease 
associated with CMV infection and provide evidence that treatment with ganciclovir is beneficial in these patients. 
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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) 
Abstract/Results: the word "efficient" may be better "effective". 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
Tables: It is possible to unify the data in the four tables into one table. 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests Level of interest: 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
 Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the statistics. Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
I declare that I have no competing interests. 
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report 
 Antiviral Therapy In Neonatal Cholestatic Cytomegalovirus Hepatitis Title: 
 5  22 December 2006 Version: Date: 
 Gail Demmler Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The authors report their recent experience with a case series of infants with neonatal hepatitis/liver disease 
associated with CMV infection and provide evidence that treatment with ganciclovir is beneficial in these patients. 
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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) 
Abstract/Results: the word "efficient" may be better "effective". 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
Tables: It is possible to unify the data in the four tables into one table. 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article whose findings are important to those with closely related research interests Level of interest: 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
 Yes, but I do not feel adequately qualified to assess the statistics. Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
I declare that I have no competing interests. 
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