“…The follow-up clinical examination protocol has been described in detail in our previously published studies. 10,21,22 The study protocol included complete ophthalmologic evaluation and standard ophthalmic tests, including VA measurement, slit-lamp examination, intraocular pressure measurement, fundus examination, color vision, visual fields, spectral-domain OCT (SD-OCT) with RNFL, VEP, MR of the brain, neurologic and neuropsychological examinations, biochemical tests (electrolytes, glucose, glycohemoglobin, albumin, pre-albumin, renal and hepatic tests, cholesterol, lipids, thyroid-stimulating hormone [TSH], vitamins B 12 and B 1 , carbohydrate-deficient transferrin, ethyl glucuronide in urine), and standardized questionnaire forms. The examiners were masked to the results of measurements, severity of poisoning, clinical course, treatment measures, and clinical outcomes.…”