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This study aimed to describe the clinical and genetic characteristics of a cohort of patients with LCA and to investigate the retinal vascular characteristics in LCA patients.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Fifty-two children with LCA were included in the study. All patients underwent detailed ocular examinations. Electroretinography (ERG) was used to evaluate the retinal function. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) was used to assess the structure change of the retina for those patients who were able to cooperate very well. Panel-based next-generation sequencing was performed to identify pathogenic variants in genes associated with LCA. Diameters of the retinal vessels were measured using the EVision AI screening system with an artificial intelligence (AI) technique. An ultrasound Doppler was used to evaluate hemodynamic parameters, including peak systolic velocity (PSV), resistive index (RI), and pulsatility index (PI), in the ophthalmic, central retinal, posterior ciliary, carotid, and internal carotid as well as external carotid arteries in 12 patients aged from 3 to 14\u00a0years.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We detected 75 pathogenic variants from ten genes of <jats:italic>RPGRIP1<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>CEP290<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>GUCY2D<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>LCA5<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>AIPL1<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>CRB1<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>RPE65<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>CRX<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>RDH12<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>TULP1<\/jats:italic>, including 29 novel and 36 previously reported variants in 52 affected children with LCA, with the highest detective rate in <jats:italic>RPGRIP1<\/jats:italic> (26.9%). Fundus appearance is diverse in patients with LCA, ranging from normal to severe peripheral or central retinopathy. Retinal vasculature was evaluated in 12 patients with different gene variants, showing narrowed arteries with an average diameter of 43.6\u2009\u00b1\u20093.8\u00a0\u03bcm compared to that of 51.7\u2009\u00b1\u20092.6\u00a0\u03bcm in the normal controls (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001, <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200912). Meanwhile, their hemodynamic parameters were changed as well in the ophthalmic artery (OA), with a decreased PSV (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.0132, <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200912) and slightly increased PI (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.0488, <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200912) compared to the normal controls. However, the hemodynamic parameters did not change significantly in the other vessels.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Blood supply to the eyeball is predicted to be reduced in patients with LCA, presumably due to photoreceptor cell degeneration. 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