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You may be thinking of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), there's a great Wikipedia entry on it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leber's_hereditary_optic_neuropathy. It does appear to have no cure and most likely will result in decreased vision.

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