Review for 10.1186/s12876-019-0946-8 (2019)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patient Perceptions of Diagnos tic and Monitoring Tests and 
Procedures  
 
Version: 0 Date: 23 Nov 2018  
 
Reviewer: Marco Di Muzio  
 
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E. Tables and figures are really needed and sufficiently clea r. 
 
 
F. Notes on the references  
 
     a. we suggest to quote the following articles:  
 
1) Cammilletti V, Forino F, Palombi M, Donati D, Tartaglini D, Di Muzio M. BRASS score 
and complex discharge: a pilot study. Acta Biomed. 2017;88(4):414 -425, (ISSN: 0392 -
4203), doi: 10.23750/abm.v88i4.6191  
 
2) Chiarini M, Di Simone E, Scafuro C, Auddino F,  Fabbri M, Delli Poggi A, Catanzaro S, 
Giannetta N, Di Muzio M. Health self -perception in patient with Crohn's disease: a web 
survey. Clin Ter 2017; 168 (6):e401 -405, (ISSN: 0009 -9074), doi: 10.7417/T.2017.2042  
 
 
3) Di Muzio M,  Marinucci A,  De Benedictis A,  Tartaglini D. A comparative study of data 
collection methods in the process of nursing: Detection of chemotherapy side effects 
using a self -reporting questionnaire. Acta Clin Croat. 2017 Dec;56(4):765 -772 
doi:10.20471/acc.2017.56.04.26  
 
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