Objective: To investigate trends in Internet search volumes linked to Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS), using Big Data monitoring and data mining.
Methods: Based on the large amount of data generated by Google Trends and scientific search tools (SCOPUS, Medline/Pubmed, and ClinicalTrails.gov), we performed a longitudinal analysis based on the term "antiphospholipid" in a 5-year web-based research.