Hedges T R, Sedwick L A, Newman N J
Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, New England Eye Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Surv Ophthalmol. 1995 Mar-Apr;39(5):417-24. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6257(05)80098-0.
A young man developed bilateral, consecutive, optic neuropathy. His brother had had a similar problem and recovered after one year. Mitochondrial DNA analysis showed that both had the 14484 mutation associated with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy.