Evaluation of an Online Platform for Multiple Sclerosis Research: Patient Description, Validation of Severity Scale, and Exploration of BMI Effects on Disease Course

To assess the potential of an online platform, PatientsLikeMe.com (PLM), for research in multiple sclerosis (MS). An investigation of the role of body mass index (BMI) on MS disease course was conducted to illustrate the utility of the platform. First, we compared the demographic characteristics of...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 8; no. 3; p. e59707
Main Authors:	Bove, Riley, Secor, Elizabeth, Healy, Brian C., Musallam, Alexander, Vaughan, Timothy, Glanz, Bonnie I., Greeke, Emily, Weiner, Howard L., Chitnis, Tanuja, Wicks, Paul, De Jager, Philip L.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 20.03.2013 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Age Autoimmune diseases Biology Body mass Body Mass Index Body size Computer Science Correlation Data collection Demographics Demography Epidemiologic Research Design Genomics Hospitals Humans Internet Medical research Medical schools Medicine Multiple sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis - physiopathology Neurology Neurosciences Obesity Patients Science Policy Severity of Illness Index Software Studies Validity Vitamin deficiency Walking Walking - physiology Womens health United States > US Massachusetts
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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