Mining Online Social Network Data for Biomedical Research: A Comparison of Clinicians’ and Patients’ Perceptions About Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Treatments

Mining Online Social Network Data for Biomedical Research: A Comparison of Clinicians’ and Patients’ Perceptions About Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Treatments

Mining Online Social Network Data for Biomedical Research: A Comparison of Clinicians’ and Patients’ Perceptions About Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Treatments

Carlos Nakamura   1 , PhD ;   Mark Bromberg   2 , MD, PhD ;   Shivani Bhargava   3 , BA ;   Paul Wicks   3 , PhD ;   Qing Zeng-Treitler   1 , PhD

1 Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

2 Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

3 PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Carlos Nakamura, PhD
  • Department of Biomedical Informatics
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