Reviewer's report 
 Complement activation capacity in plasma before and during high-dose prednisolone Title: 
treatment and tapering in exacerbations of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. 
 4  23 June 2005 Version: Date: 
 Sk. Md. Fazle M Akbar Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
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The authors have addressed some queries, especially about the methodology. But, it is not posisble 
for them to add some new patients. Acording to them, that is beyond the scope of the aim of the 
present study. They have also showed the validity of statistics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
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) 
 Accept without revision What next?: 
 An article of limited interest Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
I declare that I have no competing interests 
Reviewer's report 
 Complement activation capacity in plasma before and during high-dose prednisolone Title: 
treatment and tapering in exacerbations of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. 
 4  23 June 2005 Version: Date: 
 Sk. Md. Fazle M Akbar Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
The authors have addressed some queries, especially about the methodology. But, it is not posisble 
for them to add some new patients. Acording to them, that is beyond the scope of the aim of the 
present study. They have also showed the validity of statistics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
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) 
 Accept without revision What next?: 
 An article of limited interest Level of interest: 
 Acceptable 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 
 Complement activation capacity in plasma before and during high-dose prednisolone Title: 
treatment and tapering in exacerbations of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. 
 4  23 June 2005 Version: Date: 
 Sk. Md. Fazle M Akbar Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
The authors have addressed some queries, especially about the methodology. But, it is not posisble 
for them to add some new patients. Acording to them, that is beyond the scope of the aim of the 
present study. They have also showed the validity of statistics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
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) 
 Accept without revision What next?: 
 An article of limited interest Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
I declare that I have no competing interests 
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