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

OBJECTIVES: 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. METHODS: First, we compared the demographi...

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Autores principales: 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.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3603866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23527256
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059707

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3603866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23527256
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059707

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