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Table 2 Auxiliary examination details of patients

From: Clinical analysis of severe visual loss caused by inhalational methanol poisoning in a chronic process with acute onset:a retrospective clinical analysis

Examination items

Patients (n = 8)

Brain MRI appearance

 Non-specific demyelination in white mater

2 patients

 Normal

6 patients

Orbital MRI

 Increased signals of bilateral optic nerves in the orbit and the canal parts, with slight enhancement

8 patients

VEP appearance

Poor waves or without fixed waveforms in 15/16 eyes

Fundoscopy

 Optic disk edema and pale

6/16 eyes in 3 patients

 Optic disk normal

10/16 eyes in 5 patients

Toxicological tests (urine and blood)

 Positive

None

 Negative

8 patients

Anti- AQP4-Ab and other antibodies

 Positive

None

 Negative

6 patients

 Undone

2 patients

Blood gas analysis

 Normal

8 patients

 Abnormal

None