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EUROPEAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN 2397-6764 Vol 3.2 • June 2018 • europeanmedical-journal.com
Contents
EDITORIAL BOARD 4
01 FEATURE
Plotting a Better Pathway for Parkinson’s Disease: A New Composite 12
Scale from My PD Journey
Lizzie Graham et al.
02 SYMPOSIUM REVIEWS
Delivering Precision Medicine and Patient-Centred Care Through 17
a Multidisciplinary Approach
Treating Psoriasis: What Is New About Fumaric Acid Esters? 25
Anti-Tumour Necrosis Factor in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 34
Inventory and Outlook
03 ARTICLES
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EUROPEAN MEDICAL JOURNAL ISSN 2397-6764
Contents EDITORIAL BOARD
“I am honoured and delighted to welcome yo
Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Prof Markus Peck-
Aims and Scope The European Medical Journal (EMJ)
EMJ 3.2 Chief Executive Officer Spencer Gore Seni
Welcome I am honoured and delighted to welcome yo
In indolent NHL… As our knowledge evolves, so sho
Foreword Dear colleagues and readers of the Europ
Available now. HEPATOLOGY ISSN 2053-4221
Featured inside: Congress Reviews + Review of
Plotting a Better Pathway for Parkinson’s Disease
over a year; far longer than the maximum of 6 we
decision-makers in Brussels to advocate My PD Jou
study of the composite scale. This multicentre st
Raise Your EXPECTATIONS This advert is int
Delivering Precision Medicine and Patient-Centred
Personalised medicine will have a profound impact
Currently, the typically applied definition o
well as other IBD indications. Furthermore,
PsA and their effect on treatment, and provided d
New Multidisciplinary Approaches: What Does the F
Panel Discussion Precision Medicine: Current
colitis: A critical appraisal of clinical paramet
Treating Psoriasis: What Is
Augustin reviewed advances in the systemic treatm
> Arsenic > Ammoniated mercury > Crude coal tar >
from psoriasis for the selection of biologi
strategies indicated that while there is no
A Marked improved and cleared Slightly improved
FAE are able to mount an effective immune respons
Global Report on Psoriasis. 2016. Available at: h
2017;264(6):1155-64. 45. Balak DMW et al. Progre
Anti-Tumour Necrosis Factor in Inflammatory
Citation: EMJ. 2018;3[2]:34-
D’Haens shared their personal experience,
Key Aspects of Patient Communication When discus
Reinvesting Savings into the Clinic If the n
armamentarium, clinics need to also sta
T1 delayed enhancement instensity Duration of ob
The case studies discussed during this meeting hi
Pyruvate Kinase and Gastric Cancer: A Potential
the blood or stools could be a good marker for ga
Table 1: The main results of selected studies. St
Table 1 continued. Study Sample Conclusio
DISCUSSION MicroRNA (miRNA) are small non-coding
depth of tumour invasion, and tumour size.
lower than that in the diagnosis of colorectal ca
EGF/EGFR signaling via E-cadherin- dependent mann
Slowing Progression of Airway Diseases by Smoking
INTRODUCTION The health, economic, and social
and quality of life.19,20 For COPD, smoking cessa
asthma exacerbations following influenza
In addition to the current vaccination schedule (
the efficacy of this treatment. In
exacerbations are actually due to a pathological
Table 2 continued. Intervention Patients with
factors and the global burden of 23.
JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176(11):1630-7. 50. Vollen
Initiatives to Improve Safety of Oral Anticancer
ANTICANCER AGENTS GROWTH IN ORAL In recent y
Number of new licensed cancer drugs 2001-
COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS INCREASED ROLE FOR The he
Standards for OAA have also been produced by a
tamoxifen (half-life: 7–14 days)37 than miss
Figure 3: Screenshot of the online database devel
when they see their oncologists. The initiative a
21. Weingart SN et al. Oral chemotherapy
Overactive Bladder in Children Authors:
LUT symptoms Psychological dysfunction C
lack of attention, voiding postponement may be t
A B Vur 100 mL/ Div V V ur=7 Vur 100 m
tolterodine) is also an option; a previous study
studies have already been completed. In one study
Standardization Committee of the International Ch
48. Yang S et al. Diagnosis and manageme
Multiple Myeloma: Personalised Medicine Based on
required to understand the pathogenesis and targe
genes are hypermethylated early in MM, and increa
Table 1: Potential multiple myeloma treatments ba
Table 1 continued. Genes Cytokines/proteins
and ANXA2P2, are also related to myeloma cell adh
three groups: high-risk, including del(17
investigating the activity of miRNA mimics o
with proteasome inhibitors.73-76 This combined th
References 1. Rossi M et al. MicroRNA and
2015;263(1):160-72. 43. Song W et al. Generation
study of pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in combination w
Modern Methods for Studying Portal Hypertension
INTRODUCTION Portal hypertension (PH) is asso
Table 1: Advantages and disadvantages of intrahep
imaging, the slices are obtained by rotating the
week for 18 weeks to keep body weight within a 25
animals, in contrast to permeability in animals w
> Video images should be stored in full size
images of immunohistochemically stained
β-adrenoblockers are not recommended for use
J Gastroenterol. 2005;11(6):846-9. 32. Yamaki K
Management of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer:
patients with high PD-L1 expression (≥50% of
cut-off limits would lead to misclassification of
inhibition.7 Finally, the hypothesis of a r
APPROACHES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS CURRENT IMMUNOT
leading to an objective response in 55% of all pa
give clarity regarding how different combination
34. Hellmann MD et al. Nivolumab plus
Practical Diagnosis and Staging of Nonalcoholic
central obesity and metabolic syndrome; almost al
risk of more advanced NAFLD. A recent study scree
results. MRI-PDFF, the newest technique, has the
Table 1: An overview of the simple noninvasive fib
score performed slightly better than the NFS in m
The Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELFTM) Test This
Individuals at risk of NAFLD Central
levels may not help with diagnosis in individual
of healthy ranges for serum alanine aminotransfer
review & meta-analysis. PLoS One. 67. 20
New Insights into the Role of Phosphoinositid
KITL Pre-granulosa cell Oocyte PTEN PDK1
it is then phosphorylated and activated by
the loss of PTEN. Hence, we generated an o
TAp63α-regulated oocyte apoptosis, and their foll
CONSEQUENCES OF EXCESS PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL (3,4,
References 1. Findlay JK et al. What is the
The Adverse Impact of Sarcopenia and Visceral
are considered for nonsurgical treatment
not measured following adjustment for age, s
Table 2: Summary of studies evaluating the effect
to-subcutaneous adiposity ratio and low mean musc
Table 3 continued. Study Study design Par
BCAA supplementation in 40 patients 1 month prior
considered for hepatectomy should receive int
article. Medicine (Baltimore).
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