Reviewer's report
Title:Gluten sensitivity enteropathy and recurrent aphthous stomatitis
Version: 3Date:22 November 2008
Reviewer: Luca Pastore
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions
1. page 4, lines 15-17 "Aphthae can be a presentation of [...] celiac disease. In
fact in 5% of CD patients, RAS can be the only presentation of disease"; page 8,
line 3-4 "it is clearly understood that RAS is at least among the fifth commonest
presentations of CD": the aim of the study is to verify the hypothesis of an
association between CD and RAS; authors should avoid affirming this hypothesis
making reference to other studies. Authors should assert: "Aphthae has been
reported as a presentation of [...] celiac disease"; "RAS has been reported as
one of the fifth commonest presentations of CD".
2. page 5, line 17: please specify what were the conventional drugs.
3. page 9, line 4: "was statistically higher"; no statistical comparation has been
performed.
Minor essential revisions
1. page 5, line 3: "aphthous" should be "aphthae";
2. page 5, line 4: "Riter" should be "Reiter";
3. page 5, line 9: "explained" should be "were explained";
4. page 7, line 9: "EMA and tTG test" should be "EMA and tTG tests";
5. page 7, line 10: "were underwent" should be "underwent".
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
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:Gluten sensitivity enteropathy and recurrent aphthous stomatitis
Version: 3Date:22 November 2008
Reviewer: Luca Pastore
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions
1. page 4, lines 15-17 "Aphthae can be a presentation of [...] celiac disease. In
fact in 5% of CD patients, RAS can be the only presentation of disease"; page 8,
line 3-4 "it is clearly understood that RAS is at least among the fifth commonest
presentations of CD": the aim of the study is to verify the hypothesis of an
association between CD and RAS; authors should avoid affirming this hypothesis
making reference to other studies. Authors should assert: "Aphthae has been
reported as a presentation of [...] celiac disease"; "RAS has been reported as
one of the fifth commonest presentations of CD".
2. page 5, line 17: please specify what were the conventional drugs.
3. page 9, line 4: "was statistically higher"; no statistical comparation has been
performed.
Minor essential revisions
1. page 5, line 3: "aphthous" should be "aphthae";
2. page 5, line 4: "Riter" should be "Reiter";
3. page 5, line 9: "explained" should be "were explained";
4. page 7, line 9: "EMA and tTG test" should be "EMA and tTG tests";
5. page 7, line 10: "were underwent" should be "underwent".
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
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.
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Gluten sensitivity enteropathy and recurrent aphthous stomatitis
Version: 3Date:22 November 2008
Reviewer: Luca Pastore
Reviewer's report:
Major Compulsory Revisions
1. page 4, lines 15-17 "Aphthae can be a presentation of [...] celiac disease. In
fact in 5% of CD patients, RAS can be the only presentation of disease"; page 8,
line 3-4 "it is clearly understood that RAS is at least among the fifth commonest
presentations of CD": the aim of the study is to verify the hypothesis of an
association between CD and RAS; authors should avoid affirming this hypothesis
making reference to other studies. Authors should assert: "Aphthae has been
reported as a presentation of [...] celiac disease"; "RAS has been reported as
one of the fifth commonest presentations of CD".
2. page 5, line 17: please specify what were the conventional drugs.
3. page 9, line 4: "was statistically higher"; no statistical comparation has been
performed.
Minor essential revisions
1. page 5, line 3: "aphthous" should be "aphthae";
2. page 5, line 4: "Riter" should be "Reiter";
3. page 5, line 9: "explained" should be "were explained";
4. page 7, line 9: "EMA and tTG test" should be "EMA and tTG tests";
5. page 7, line 10: "were underwent" should be "underwent".
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
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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