The editors and staff of BMC Gastroenterology would like to warmly thank the reviewers whose comments helped to shape the journal for their invaluable assistance with review of manuscripts in Volume 18 (2018).
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Bartel Ahmet Basturk Giacomo Batignani Laura Bauman Massimo Bellini Keith Benkov Cigdem Benlice Luisa Benvegnù Rafael Bergesch D’Incao Lorenzo Bertani Annalisa Berzigotti Bhavana Bhagya Rao Lorenzo Biassoni Silvia Martin Bielsa Laure Bindels Kristin Bjornland Renée Blaauw C.-Thomas Bock Dimitrios Bogdanos Renzo Luciano Boldorini Ferruccio Bonino Michael Bordonaro Darrell Borger Osvaldo Borrelli Pierre Bourgeois Alex Boussioutas Thorsten Brechmann Stefano Brignola Fernando Bril Hassan Brim David Bruining Robert Brummer Tony Bruns Luigi Brusciano Jennie - Burch Kathryn Burdon Matthew Burge Randall W Burt Rita Busuttil Irene Cacciola Qiang Cai Nilgün Çakar X. Calvet Enilton Camargo Fabio Campos Tie-Sheng Cao Nicola Caporaso Giovanni Capretti Franck Carbonnel Paulina Carmona Mora Matthew Carroll Patricia Castelucci Giuliana Cavalloni Wim Ceelen Stephen Chan Chi-Yang Chang Chun-Chao Chang Julius Chapiro Phunchai Charatcharoenwitthaya Benoit Chassaing Poras Chaudhary Jun Chen Ming-Jen Chen Kuan-Chih Chen Juan Chen Chieh-Chang Chen Wen-Chi Chen Hsiu-Chi Cheng Young Koog Cheon David F. Chhieng Giuseppe Chiarioni Wei-Chu Chie Vitoon Chinswangwatanakul King-Wah Chiu Evangelos Cholongitas Dimitrios K. Christodoulou Cheng-Hsin Chu Shih Chang Chuang Chen Shuan Chung Thierry Claudel Irene Coati Robert Coffey Yasar Colak Janice C. Colwell Yingzi Cong Arif Cosar Cesare Cremon Gonzalo Crespo Alessandro Cucchetti Diego Cuccurullo Adrian Cummins Howard D. 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Gornals Takuji Gotoda Mikaell Alexandre Gouvea Faria Antonietta Gravina Stephen H. Gray Jesse Green Ivica Grgurević Michael Gschwantler Stefano Guandalini Emer Guinan Brian D. Gulbransen Deepak Gunjan Rong Jun Guo Ridhi Gupta Pankaj Gupta Georg Gyoeri Stephan Haas Magnus Halland Masahide Hamaguchi Tianquan Han Guohong Han Ming-Lun Han Mark Berner Hansen Noam Harpaz Simon Harrison Satoru Hashimoto Rintaro Hashimoto Ammar Hassanzadeh Keshteli Thierry Hauet Goran Hauser Maria Hawkins Jianming He Per Hedenstrom Paulo Herman Ruben Hernaez Peter Higgs Takuma Higurashi Noriyuki Hirahara Fumihito Hirai Sakiko Hiraoka Katrin Hirschmann Shirley V. Hodgson Masaki Honda Lawrence Hookey Sara N. Horst Johannes Espolin Roksund Hov Ching-Sheng Hsu Jee-Fu Huang Qin Huang Thomas Hugh Jan Hulscher Jirong Huo Paula Hurley Gianluca Ianiro Mehmet Ibis Hiroshi Ichikawa Samuele Iesari Chikara Iino Akira Imoto Nicola Imperatore Masahiko Inamori Paola Iovino Atsushi Irisawa Sauid Ishaq Eisuke Iwasaki Simon J Davies Kevan Jacobson Jonna Jalanka John Jessup Jose Jessurun Ashish K Jha Christoph Jochum Michael Jones Georg Kaehler Michel Kahaleh Alisan Kahraman Keita Kai Sei Kakinuma Satoru Kakizaki Evangelos Kalaitzakis Sanjeeva Kalva Hitoshi Kameyama Tatsuo Kanda Wei Kang Murat Kapan Theodoros Karantanos Jussi Karkkainen David Kastenberg Bhimaray Katageri Jun Kato Konstantinos Katsanos Seymour Katz Ken Kawabe Manabu Kawai Takuji Kawamura Hiroki Kawashima Klaus-Michael Keller Nicholas Kennedy Anam Khan Hirotoshi Kikuchi W Kim Hyunghun Kim Tatsuya Kin James M Kinross David Kleiner Martin Kliment Masaaki Kobayashi Samuel A. 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Shami Ala Sharara Vishal Sharma Piyush Sharma Shishu Sharma Philip Sherman Hai Yun Shi Shinichiro Shinzaki Elham Shirvani Dastgerdi Cristina Silvestre Ashwani Singal Harjeet Singh Pallavi Singh Klas Sjöberg Jurgita Skieceviciene Stella Smith Eric Smith Petur Snaebjornsson Irfan Soykan Cristiano Spada Miles Patrick Sparrow Gabriele Spoletini Gaya Spolverato Vanessa Stadlbauer Per Stål Spaska Stanilova Rudolf Stauber Eike Steinmann Dirk Stippel Hein Stockmann Catherine Streutker Tommaso Stroffolini Tung-Hung Su Stepan Suchanek Mitsushige Sugimoto Daisuke Sugiyama Harutoshi Sugiyama Laurent Sulpice Robert Sutcliffe Gianluca Svegliati-Baroni Frank Tacke Tomohisa Takagi Hirokazu Takahashi Yusuke Takahashi Shin Takasawa Takahara Takeshi Manabu - Takeuchi Hajime Takikawa Amin Talebi Bezmin Abadi Rupjyoti Talukdar Akihiro Tamori Benjamin Tan Naoki Tanaka Rakesh Tandon Raymond Tang Giovanni Tarantino Eduardo Targarona Raseen Tariq Nicola Tartaglia Stuart Taylor Simon David Taylor-Robinson Rolf Teschke Traci Testerman Konstantinos C. 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