Reviewer's report
Title:Low incidence of positive smooth muscle antibody and high incidence of
IgM alone elevation in Chinese patients with autoimmune hepatitis and primary
biliary cirrhosis overlap syndrome: a retrospective study
Version: 2Date:29 November 2011
Reviewer: Marina Silveira
Reviewer's report:
the authors have satisfactorily addressed the main issues raised by initial review,
benefiting the quality and importance of the manuscript.
i'd suggest the authors use the term "isolated IgM elevation" rather than "IgM
alone elevation" throughout the manuscript.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
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:Low incidence of positive smooth muscle antibody and high incidence of
IgM alone elevation in Chinese patients with autoimmune hepatitis and primary
biliary cirrhosis overlap syndrome: a retrospective study
Version: 2Date:29 November 2011
Reviewer: Marina Silveira
Reviewer's report:
the authors have satisfactorily addressed the main issues raised by initial review,
benefiting the quality and importance of the manuscript.
i'd suggest the authors use the term "isolated IgM elevation" rather than "IgM
alone elevation" throughout the manuscript.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
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:Low incidence of positive smooth muscle antibody and high incidence of
IgM alone elevation in Chinese patients with autoimmune hepatitis and primary
biliary cirrhosis overlap syndrome: a retrospective study
Version: 2Date:29 November 2011
Reviewer: Marina Silveira
Reviewer's report:
the authors have satisfactorily addressed the main issues raised by initial review,
benefiting the quality and importance of the manuscript.
i'd suggest the authors use the term "isolated IgM elevation" rather than "IgM
alone elevation" throughout the manuscript.
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
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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