Reviewer's report 
 Fibrinogen Storage Disease Associated With Estrogen Therapy Title: 
 1  18 April 2005 Version: Date: 
 Maria P. Foschini Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General: the paper describes and interesting case of fibrinogen storage disease associated with 
estrogen therapy. The case is well documented and provides a detailed review of the literature. 
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can 
be reached) 
No major changes are suggested: 
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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) 
Minor changes are suggested: 
Introduction, pag. 2, line 16: a short description of types II and III of fibrinogen storage disease 
should be added. 
pag. 7, line 13: "pancreas adenocancer cases" this sentence should be changed in "cases of 
pancreas adenocarcinoma" 
References: pag. 8, ref. 7, the name of the paper is not correct. 
Figures have been loaded with low quality files, before publication they should be converted in high 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article of importance in its field Level of interest: 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
'I declare that I have no competing interests' 
Reviewer's report 
 Fibrinogen Storage Disease Associated With Estrogen Therapy Title: 
 1  18 April 2005 Version: Date: 
 Maria P. Foschini Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General: the paper describes and interesting case of fibrinogen storage disease associated with 
estrogen therapy. The case is well documented and provides a detailed review of the literature. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can 
be reached) 
No major changes are suggested: 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct) 
Minor changes are suggested: 
Introduction, pag. 2, line 16: a short description of types II and III of fibrinogen storage disease 
should be added. 
pag. 7, line 13: "pancreas adenocancer cases" this sentence should be changed in "cases of 
pancreas adenocarcinoma" 
References: pag. 8, ref. 7, the name of the paper is not correct. 
Figures have been loaded with low quality files, before publication they should be converted in high 
quality files. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article of importance in its field Level of interest: 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
 No 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 
 Fibrinogen Storage Disease Associated With Estrogen Therapy Title: 
 1  18 April 2005 Version: Date: 
 Maria P. Foschini Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General: the paper describes and interesting case of fibrinogen storage disease associated with 
estrogen therapy. The case is well documented and provides a detailed review of the literature. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can 
be reached) 
No major changes are suggested: 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct) 
Minor changes are suggested: 
Introduction, pag. 2, line 16: a short description of types II and III of fibrinogen storage disease 
should be added. 
pag. 7, line 13: "pancreas adenocancer cases" this sentence should be changed in "cases of 
pancreas adenocarcinoma" 
References: pag. 8, ref. 7, the name of the paper is not correct. 
Figures have been loaded with low quality files, before publication they should be converted in high 
quality files. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article of importance in its field Level of interest: 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
'I declare that I have no competing interests' 
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