Review for 10.1186/s12876-019-1086-x (2019)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Unique characteristics of CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) in a Chinese 
population  
with colorectal cancer  
 
Version: 0 Date: 30 Jun 2019  
 
Reviewer: Shahram Agah  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
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beginning of the abstract, the number of  cases is  40.I think  it is a typing error,however, it is 
different with the other parts of the paper and it should be corrected.Mor eover, please explain  
the detail in the  discussion part more concisely.Other parts sounds good.  
 
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Yes 
 
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Yes 
 
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Unable to assess  
 
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I recommend additional statistical review  
 
Quality of written English  
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Needs some language corrections before being published  
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