Reviewer's report 
 Gastric tuberculosis- Report of 5 cases Title: 
Authors: 
Deepak N Amarapurkar Dr ( deepakn@bom3.vsnl.net.in )
Nikhil D Patel Dr ( nikhilp@rediffmail.com )
Dr Anjali D Amarapurkar Dr ( anjali_1963@hotmail.com )
 2  10 Jan 2003 Version: Date: 
 Rinaldo Pellicano Reviewer: 
 A paper of considerable general medical or scientific interest Level of interest: 
 Other (see below) Advice on publication: 
Compulsory revisions 
. The title should be changed in-- ^2Primary^2 gastric tuberculosis. Report of 5 cases.- 
. GI scopy should be changed in GI endoscopy 
. Antituberculous treatment should be clarified 
. Case 1. (HERZ) 2 (HR), please specify 
. Case 3. I suggest that authors should provide if the patient has been underwent to upper GI 
endoscopy before surgery 
. Discussion, line 13, the authors should add --which was probably due--- 
. Discussion is very short. I suggest that it would be better that authors cite the following papers, with 
short sentences, to demonstrate other recent experiences: 
Okoro et al. Clin Radiol 1999; 54 : 257-259 
Wig et al. Surg Today 2000; 30 : 921-922 
Jain et al. Acta Cytol 2000; 44 : 987-992 
Chetri et al. Trop Gastroenterol 2000; 21 : 180-181 
Moirangthem et al. Int Surg 2001; 86 : 132-134 
Gheorghe et al. Rom J Gastroenterol 2002; 11 : 149-152 
Petroianni et al. Panminerva Med 2002; 44 : 155-158 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
Reviewer's report 
 Gastric tuberculosis- Report of 5 cases Title: 
Authors: 
Deepak N Amarapurkar Dr ( deepakn@bom3.vsnl.net.in )
Nikhil D Patel Dr ( nikhilp@rediffmail.com )
Dr Anjali D Amarapurkar Dr ( anjali_1963@hotmail.com )
 2  10 Jan 2003 Version: Date: 
 Rinaldo Pellicano Reviewer: 
 A paper of considerable general medical or scientific interest Level of interest: 
 Other (see below) Advice on publication: 
Compulsory revisions 
. The title should be changed in-- ^2Primary^2 gastric tuberculosis. Report of 5 cases.- 
. GI scopy should be changed in GI endoscopy 
. Antituberculous treatment should be clarified 
. Case 1. (HERZ) 2 (HR), please specify 
. Case 3. I suggest that authors should provide if the patient has been underwent to upper GI 
endoscopy before surgery 
. Discussion, line 13, the authors should add --which was probably due--- 
. Discussion is very short. I suggest that it would be better that authors cite the following papers, with 
short sentences, to demonstrate other recent experiences: 
Okoro et al. Clin Radiol 1999; 54 : 257-259 
Wig et al. Surg Today 2000; 30 : 921-922 
Jain et al. Acta Cytol 2000; 44 : 987-992 
Chetri et al. Trop Gastroenterol 2000; 21 : 180-181 
Moirangthem et al. Int Surg 2001; 86 : 132-134 
Gheorghe et al. Rom J Gastroenterol 2002; 11 : 149-152 
Petroianni et al. Panminerva Med 2002; 44 : 155-158 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report 
 Gastric tuberculosis- Report of 5 cases Title: 
Authors: 
Deepak N Amarapurkar Dr ( deepakn@bom3.vsnl.net.in )
Nikhil D Patel Dr ( nikhilp@rediffmail.com )
Dr Anjali D Amarapurkar Dr ( anjali_1963@hotmail.com )
 2  10 Jan 2003 Version: Date: 
 Rinaldo Pellicano Reviewer: 
 A paper of considerable general medical or scientific interest Level of interest: 
 Other (see below) Advice on publication: 
Compulsory revisions 
. The title should be changed in-- ^2Primary^2 gastric tuberculosis. Report of 5 cases.- 
. GI scopy should be changed in GI endoscopy 
. Antituberculous treatment should be clarified 
. Case 1. (HERZ) 2 (HR), please specify 
. Case 3. I suggest that authors should provide if the patient has been underwent to upper GI 
endoscopy before surgery 
. Discussion, line 13, the authors should add --which was probably due--- 
. Discussion is very short. I suggest that it would be better that authors cite the following papers, with 
short sentences, to demonstrate other recent experiences: 
Okoro et al. Clin Radiol 1999; 54 : 257-259 
Wig et al. Surg Today 2000; 30 : 921-922 
Jain et al. Acta Cytol 2000; 44 : 987-992 
Chetri et al. Trop Gastroenterol 2000; 21 : 180-181 
Moirangthem et al. Int Surg 2001; 86 : 132-134 
Gheorghe et al. Rom J Gastroenterol 2002; 11 : 149-152 
Petroianni et al. Panminerva Med 2002; 44 : 155-158 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
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