Morphometric Analysis of the Corneal Endothelial Cells in Normal Korean.

Kim, Ki San; Park, Sung Youl; Oh, Joon Sup

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1992;33(4):320-325.
Published online April 1, 1992.

Morphometric Analysis of the Corneal Endothelial Cells in Normal Korean.

Ki San Kim, Sung Youl Park, Joon Sup Oh

Department of Ophthalmology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Taegu, Korea.

정상 한국인의 각막내피세포의 형태학적 분석

김기산(Ki San Kim),박성렬(Sung Youl Park),오준섭(Joon Sup Oh)

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

Key Words: Corneal endothelial cell;Morphometric analysis;Specular microscopy