Reviewer's report 
 A conscious mouse model of gastric ileus using clinically relevant endpoints. Title: 
 2  17 March 2005 Version: Date: 
 Anthony J Bauer Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
As when I initially reviewed this manuscript, the authors "inappropriately" use the term "ileus" 
throughout the manuscript. Ileus means a motility delay, food intake and defecation parameters may 
have nothing to do with ileus. Maybe, a work around would be for the authors to carefully define 
ileus in the manuscript, as their interpretation of the word appears different from the literature. 
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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) 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after discretionary revisions 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 
 A conscious mouse model of gastric ileus using clinically relevant endpoints. Title: 
 2  17 March 2005 Version: Date: 
 Anthony J Bauer Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
As when I initially reviewed this manuscript, the authors "inappropriately" use the term "ileus" 
throughout the manuscript. Ileus means a motility delay, food intake and defecation parameters may 
have nothing to do with ileus. Maybe, a work around would be for the authors to carefully define 
ileus in the manuscript, as their interpretation of the word appears different from the literature. 
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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) 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after discretionary revisions 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 
 A conscious mouse model of gastric ileus using clinically relevant endpoints. Title: 
 2  17 March 2005 Version: Date: 
 Anthony J Bauer Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
As when I initially reviewed this manuscript, the authors "inappropriately" use the term "ileus" 
throughout the manuscript. Ileus means a motility delay, food intake and defecation parameters may 
have nothing to do with ileus. Maybe, a work around would be for the authors to carefully define 
ileus in the manuscript, as their interpretation of the word appears different from the literature. 
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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) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after discretionary revisions 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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