Evaluation of an online platform for multiple sclerosis research: patient description, validation of severity scale, and exploration of BMI effects on disease course.

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 s...

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Main Authors: Riley Bove, Elizabeth Secor, Brian C Healy, Alexander Musallam, Timothy Vaughan, Bonnie I Glanz, Emily Greeke, Howard L Weiner, Tanuja Chitnis, Paul Wicks, Philip L De Jager
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3603866?pdf=render

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