Reviewer's report 
 Idiopathic portal hypertension complicating systemic sclerosis: Case report Title: 
 1  15 March 2005 Version: Date: 
 Yasuni Nakanuma Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
BMC welcomes case reports that fit one of the following descriptions. 
1. A well described case or series of cases that can be used for educational purposes, as a 
necessary reminder of an important clinical lesson, or that present a diagnostic or therapeutic challenge. 
2. A well described case or series of cases that suggest the need for change in practice or thinking in 
terms of diagnosis or prognosis but not in terms of preventive or therapeutic intervention, which 
require stronger evidence. 3. A well described case or series of cases that suggest an association between two conditions. 
This reviewer thinks: This case report fulfill 1-3. 
When assessing the work, please consider the above, as well as the following issues: 
1. Does the manuscript adhere to the relevant standards for reporting and data deposition: if not, in 
what ways? 
Yes 
2. Is the writing acceptable? 
Yes 
This paper is well written. This paper has originality. This paper is acceptable at the present form. 
Level of interest: Very high 
 Accept without revision What next?: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
I have no competing interests. 
Reviewer's report 
 Idiopathic portal hypertension complicating systemic sclerosis: Case report Title: 
 1  15 March 2005 Version: Date: 
 Yasuni Nakanuma Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
BMC welcomes case reports that fit one of the following descriptions. 
1. A well described case or series of cases that can be used for educational purposes, as a 
necessary reminder of an important clinical lesson, or that present a diagnostic or therapeutic challenge. 
2. A well described case or series of cases that suggest the need for change in practice or thinking in 
terms of diagnosis or prognosis but not in terms of preventive or therapeutic intervention, which 
require stronger evidence. 3. A well described case or series of cases that suggest an association between two conditions. 
This reviewer thinks: This case report fulfill 1-3. 
When assessing the work, please consider the above, as well as the following issues: 
1. Does the manuscript adhere to the relevant standards for reporting and data deposition: if not, in 
what ways? 
Yes 
2. Is the writing acceptable? 
Yes 
This paper is well written. This paper has originality. This paper is acceptable at the present form. 
Level of interest: Very high 
 Accept without revision What next?: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
I have no competing interests. 
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report 
 Idiopathic portal hypertension complicating systemic sclerosis: Case report Title: 
 1  15 March 2005 Version: Date: 
 Yasuni Nakanuma Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
BMC welcomes case reports that fit one of the following descriptions. 
1. A well described case or series of cases that can be used for educational purposes, as a 
necessary reminder of an important clinical lesson, or that present a diagnostic or therapeutic challenge. 
2. A well described case or series of cases that suggest the need for change in practice or thinking in 
terms of diagnosis or prognosis but not in terms of preventive or therapeutic intervention, which 
require stronger evidence. 3. A well described case or series of cases that suggest an association between two conditions. 
This reviewer thinks: This case report fulfill 1-3. 
When assessing the work, please consider the above, as well as the following issues: 
1. Does the manuscript adhere to the relevant standards for reporting and data deposition: if not, in 
what ways? 
Yes 
2. Is the writing acceptable? 
Yes 
This paper is well written. This paper has originality. This paper is acceptable at the present form. 
Level of interest: Very high 
 Accept without revision What next?: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
I have no competing interests. 
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