CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CHANGES IN TYPE-I AND TYPE-II DIABETES-MELLITUS
CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CHANGES IN TYPE-I AND TYPE-II DIABETES-MELLITUS
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DOI:
10.1016/0002-9394(84)90120-x
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
SCHULTZ, KJ
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作者:
SCHULTZ, RO;MATSUDA, M;SCHULTZ, KJ
Corneas (46) from 25 patients who had had type II (adult-onset) diabetes for 10 yr were examined by specular microscopy with quantitative morphometric analyses of individual endothelial cells. Corneas (34) from 21 age-matched nondiabetic subjects were examined for comparison. Corneas (31) from 17 patients with type I (juvenile-onset) diabetes were also examined and compared to 41 corneas from 23 age-matched normal volunteers. The corneal endothelium in type II diabetes showed no difference in cell density but demonstrated a significantly higher coefficient of variation, a decrease in the percentage of hexagonal cells, and a low figure coefficient compared to an age-matched nondiabetic population. Type I diabetes produced similar cell changes; these changes occurred in the earlier decades. A significantly higher rate of cell loss was detected in type I diabetes, resulting in a significant decrease in cell density in the 4th and 5th decades. The diabetic endothelium is morphologically abnormal. The observed anatomic changes result in a less stable and more vulnerable cell layer, possibly explaining some of the persistent clinical changes in the diabetic cornea after surgical trauma.