PRELIMINARY OBSERVATION OF NORMAL HUMAN CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM
- VernacularTitle:正常人角膜内皮的初步观察
- Author:
Yunqiu ZHOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
cornea;
endothelium
- From:
Academic Journal of Second Military Medical University
1981;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
This paper reports the shape, density and size of endothelial cells of central cornea which were observed under noncontact specular microscope in 107 normal persons with a wide range age.The normal corneal endothelial cells of youths and children were hexagonal in shape and uniform in size, but they became irregular both in shape and size in persons above 40 years old.The density of the corneal endothelial cells was decreased with an increase of age while the size was increased with an increase of age. The physiological and pathological factors which affect the shape, density and size of the corneal endothelial cells and the clinical significance of these changes of the corneal endothelial cells are also discussed
