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EMJ-5.2-2020-2.Pdf Contents + EDITORIAL BOARD 4 + CONGRESS REVIEW Review of the European Conference on Rare Diseases, 10 15th – 16th May 2020 + FEATURE The COVID-19 Conundrum and Cancer – Making Perfect Sense of 19 Imperfect Data Utkarsh Acharya + SYMPOSIUM REVIEW Early Intervention with Anti-Tumour Necrosis Factor in Ulcerative 22 Colitis: The Missing Piece of The Puzzle? + POSTER REVIEWS Eicosapentaenoic Acid: Atheroprotective Properties and the Reduction 29 of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events Chlormethine Gel for Mycosis Fungoides T-cell Lymphoma: Recent 37 Real-World Data + INTERVIEWS Data from the AUGUSTUS Trial Adds an Important Piece to the 42 Complex Puzzle of Antithrombotic Treatment for Those with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation with Acute Coronary Syndrome and/or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Renato D. Lopes and Amit N. Vora Oral Prostacyclin Pathway Agents in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: 47 An Expert Clinical Consensus Vallerie McLaughlin and Sean Gaine 2 EMJ • June 2020 • Cover Image © Anna Grigorjeva / 123rf.com EMJ “It is more important than ever that information is disseminated rapidly and responsibly in the face of such global threats” Spencer Gore, CEO + ARTICLES Editor's Pick: Bone-Related Markers of Cardiovascular Disease 54 Ernesto Maddaloni et al. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidelines on 63 Cannabis-Based Medicinal Products: Clinical Practice Implications for Epilepsy Management Rhys H. Thomas and Jacob Brolly The Role of Next-Generation Sequencing and Reduced Time to 76 Diagnosis In Haematological Diseases: Status Quo and Prospective Overview of Promising Molecular Testing Approaches Christina Ranft Bernasconi et al. Sebaceous Carcinoma: A Rare Extraocular Presentation of the Cheek 85 Ritu Swali et al. Pathophysiology Underpinning Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and the 90 Role of Biomarkers for its Prediction Natassia Rodrigo & Sarah J. Glastras Case Report: Inhaled Nitroglycerine as an Alternative to Inhaled 97 Nitric Oxide in the Acute Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension and Impending Acute Right Ventricular Failure in the Intensive Care Unit Khaled Sorour et al. A Case Report: Isolated Pontine Lesion in Hypertensive of a Pregnant 103 Patient with Idiopathic Thrombocytopeni Ilknur Yardimci et al. Mesenteric Panniculitis in a patient with Homozygous Factor V Leiden 108 gene mutation: A Case and Literature to Review. Mohammad Sohaib Asghar et al. Breast Cancer Immunotherapy: From Biology to Current Clinical 113 Applications Jorge Henrique Santos Leal and Heather McArthur Managing Pemphigoid Gestationis 125 Christine Sävervall and Simon Francis Thomsen + WHAT'S NEW 136 Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 June 2020 • EMJ 3 Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Prof Markus Peck-Radosavljevic Klinikum Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria Editorial Board Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni St. Antonius Hospital, Netherlands Dr Fernando Alfonso Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Spain Dr Emanuele Angelucci IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico, San Martino, Italy Dr George Anifandis University of Thessaly, Greece Dr Riccardo Autorino Virginia Commonwealth University, USA Prof Ahmad Awada Jules Bordet Institute, Belgium Dr Sorin T. Barbu “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Romania Dr Mátyás Benyó University of Debrecen, Hungary Prof Andrew Bush Imperial College London, UK Dr Abdullah Erdem Canda Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey Dr Ian Chikanza Barts and The Royal London Hospital, UK Dr Hassan Galadari United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates Prof Jörg Huber University of Brighton, UK Prof Norbert Lameire Ghent University, Belgium Dr Amir Hamzah Abdul Latiff Pantai Hospital, Malaysia Dr Lorenz Räber Bern University Hospital, Switzerland Prof Lászlo Vécsei University of Szeged, Hungary VIEW IN FULL 4 EMJ • June 2020 EMJ Aims and Scope We are always keen to hear from healthcare professionals wishing to discuss potential submissions, please email: EMJ is an online only, peer-reviewed, open access general journal, targeted towards readers in the medical sciences. 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Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 June 2020 • EMJ 5 EMJ 5.2 Chief Executive Officer Operations Assistants Spencer Gore Satkartar Chagger, Emma Knight Senior Project Director Daniel Healy Editor Evgenia Koutsouki Chief Operating Officer Dan Scott Deputy Managing Editor Sam Davis Head of Publishing Hamish Dickie Content Manager Kirstie Turner Head of Content Marketing Sen Boyaci Editorial Assistants Lenos Archer-Diaby, Michaila Byrne, Katherine Head of Commercial Colvin, Rachel Donnison, Anaya Malik, Isabel Michael McConaghy O’Brien, Layla Southcombe Performance Managers Editorial Consultant Darren Brace, Magnus Barber, Robert Hancox Katie Earl Senior Project Managers Design Manager Hayley Cooper, Nabihah Durrani, Stacey Rivers Millie McGowan, Max Roy Graphic Designers Project Managers Roy Ikoroha, Warren Uytenbogaardt Lucy Bull, Emilie De Meritens, Tilly Flack, Rhian Frost, Mary Gregory, Rebecca Harrison, Jessica Junior Designer Lowman, Lewis Mackie, Thomas Madden, Emma Rayner Billy Nicholson, Fabian Niavarany, Alexsander Director of Digital Innovation Popovic, Alexander Skedd, Caleb Wright, Fiona Salmon Mariana Napoleao Digital and Data Innovation Manager Sales Administrator Louis Jonesco Simi Ige Marketing Assistant Head of Client Services Noah Banienuba Courtney Jones Head of Finance Executive Assistant Nikki Curtis Emma Cook Head of Recruitment Head of Operations Karen Lee Keith Moule 6 EMJ • June 2020 EMJ Welcome It is my great pleasure to introduce the newest edition of our flagship journal EMJ 5.2. 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