Towards a characterization of apparent contradictions in the biomedical literature using context analysis.
Journal:
Journal of biomedical informatics
Published Date:
Aug 29, 2019
Abstract
BACKGROUND: With the substantial growth in the biomedical research literature, a larger number of claims are published daily, some of which seemingly disagree with or contradict prior claims on the same topics. Resolving such contradictions is critical to advancing our understanding of human disease and developing effective treatments. Automated text analysis techniques can facilitate such analysis by extracting claims from the literature, flagging those that are potentially contradictory, and identifying any study characteristics that may explain such contradictions.