title: The endothelium in primary angle-closure glaucoma.
abstract: Specular microscopy of 56 eyes with primary angle-closure glaucoma showed a significant (P less than .05) loss of endothelial cells in eyes when any of the following were present: visual field loss; a cup-disk ratio greater than 0.5; a previous acute attack of angle closure; and surgery in addition to peripheral iridectomy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology*; D002452:Cell Count; D004727:Endothelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology; D014794:Visual Fields