Mining online social network data for biomedical research: A comparison of clinicians' and patients' perceptions about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis treatments

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Nakamura, Carlos ^a   Bromberg, Mark ^a   Bhargava, Shivani ^b   Wicks, Paul ^b   Zeng Treitler, Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PatientsLikeMe   (United States)

Author keywords

ALS; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Lou Gehrig's disease; Online patient community; Online social network; Treatment efficacy; Treatment response

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84864196749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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