Review Article

Diagnostic Value of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Radiation Encephalopathy Induced by Radiotherapy for Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis.

StudyYearLanguageControl sourceNumber of patients in radiotherapy groupNumber of healthy controls in control group

Luo et al. [14]2004EnglishHealthy controls7625
Zhao et al. [15]2007ChineseHealthy controls2321
Qiu et al. [16]2007EnglishHealthy controls2110
Li et al. [17]2011ChineseHealthy controls2810