Morphometric Analysis of the Corneal Endothelial Cells in Normal Korean.
- Author:
Ki San KIM
1
;
Sung Youl PARK
;
Joon Sup OH
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Taegu, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Corneal endothelial cell;
Morphometric analysis;
Specular microscopy
- MeSH:
Cell Count;
Endothelial Cells*;
Female;
Humans;
Male;
Volunteers
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1992;33(4):320-325
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
To investigate the morphometric characteristics of the corneal endothelial cells in normal Korean, specular microscope has been used in 84 eyes of 42 normal Korean volunteers, 42 eyes in male, 42 eyes in female ranging in age from 5 to 71 years of age. We have analyzed cell density, cell area, coefficient of variation of cell area (CV), perimeter, shape factor, hexagonality, and side lengths, and compared the changes in each parameters according to age, right and left eye, and sex. The mean cell density was 3025 cells/mm2, and mean hexagonality was 67.01%. The values in these two parameters decreased with age (p
