Review for 10.1186/s12876-019-1030-0 (2019)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: The potential role of CT enterography and gastrointestinal ultrasound in the evaluation of  
anti-tubercular therapy response of intestinal tuberculosis: a retrospective study  
 
Version: 0 Date: 13 Apr 2019  
 
Reviewer: Pradeep Goyal  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
This is an interesting study describing  the potential value of CT enterography and 
gastrointestinal ultrasound in the evaluation of anti -TB therapy response of intestinal 
tuberculosis. Please change "value " with "role" in title.  
 
There is need of revision of manuscript in terms of English lan guage/grammar. There are some 
corrections (see comments in the manuscript pdf) which need to be included in the revised 
manuscript.  
 
Please provide the reference for page 5, line 38 -42 (Briefly, the bowel lesion area was graded as 
focal (no longer than 5cm) , segmental(5 -40cm) or diffuse (over 40cm); the wall thickening was 
defined as normal (3 -4 mm), moderate (4 -9mm) or marked (over 9mm).  
 
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
No 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an  
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please specify what aspects require further  
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
I recommend additional statistical review  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited  
 
 
 
Declaration of competing interests  
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