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The funduscopic observations were consistent with typical X-linked retinoschisis presentations, including pigmentary abnormalities, tessellated changes, and yellowish-white punctate exudations. We also detected disorganization of the outer retinal layer and decline of the electroretinography (ERG) amplitudes. Meanwhile, the five heterozygous carriers showed a wide range of phenotypic variability accompanied by mild or moderate visual changes. Intriguingly, asymmetric changes of the fundus were also detected in the retina of one of the carriers. During the 8-year follow-up period, the visual acuity remained unchanged or even improved slightly. Although early-onset myopia was more common in children, there was a slightly increasing trend in annual progression; moreover, while the retinal structure did not differ statistically significantly, the ERG changes indicated a steadily decreasing trend.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The findings of this study provide insights into the pathogenicity of\n                      <jats:italic>RP2-<\/jats:italic>\n                      related XLRP, expand the spectrum of disease mutations, and enrich knowledge regarding the clinical phenotypes while highlighting the progressive nature and phenotypic variability.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fgene.2026.1783270","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,24]],"date-time":"2026-05-24T22:10:12Z","timestamp":1779660612000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Eight-year follow-up of phenotypic progression in a Chinese XLRP pedigree with a novel RP2 gene mutation"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Huihui","family":"Sun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, The Children\u2019s Hospital of Hebei Province, Hebei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disease","place":["Shijiazhuang, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jindou","family":"Shi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Imaging, Hebei General Hospital, Hebei Medical University","place":["Shijiazhuang, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Suling","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, The Children\u2019s Hospital of Hebei Province, Hebei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disease","place":["Shijiazhuang, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Haixia","family":"Tian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, The Children\u2019s Hospital of Hebei Province, Hebei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disease","place":["Shijiazhuang, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaoge","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, The Children\u2019s Hospital of Hebei Province, Hebei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disease","place":["Shijiazhuang, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gaifen","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, The Children\u2019s Hospital of Hebei Province, Hebei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disease","place":["Shijiazhuang, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yunshuo","family":"Wei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, The Children\u2019s Hospital of Hebei Province, Hebei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disease","place":["Shijiazhuang, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiancang","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, The Children\u2019s Hospital of Hebei Province, Hebei Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disease","place":["Shijiazhuang, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1038\/s41591-020-0763-1","article-title":"Initial results from a first-in-human gene therapy trial on X-linked retinitis pigmentosa caused by mutations in RPGR","volume":"26","author":"Cehajic-Kapetanovic","year":"2020","journal-title":"Nat. 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