title: Systematic review versus internet search: considerations about availability and reliability of medical information regarding pregnancy in women with multiple sclerosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the results from a systematic medical review and meta-analysis on the subject of pregnancy and multiple sclerosis (MS) with an internet review based on lay sites conducted by experts in computer-mediated communication, on the same subject.
  
  
  METHODS
  The two reviews were carried out independently in English. Three medical doctors with experience in systematic reviews and two communication experts with experience in internet searching tools performed the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data from the medical systematic review showed some differences from that of highly accessed websites.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Evidence-based studies conducted under the strictest rules for careful systematic reviews and meta-analyses should be available with open access, i.e. accessible without payment of a fee, thereby enabling worldwide knowledge on matters of great interest to healthcare providers and patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Universidade Metropolitana de Santos, Santos, SP, Brazil. yara@bsnet.com.br
authors.forename: Yara Dadalti
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Fragoso
authors.forename: Suely Dadalti
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Fragoso
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Finkelsztejn
authors.forename: Joseph Bruno Bidin
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: Rebeca Recupero
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Rebs
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D015203:Reproducibility of Results