title: [Specular microscopy of the corneal endothelial cells in diabetes].
abstract: The corneal endothelia of 60 eyes of diabetic patients were studied by contact specular microscopy to find that the mean cell density differed insignificantly from that of the normal controls; however, the percentage of non-hexagonal cells was significantly higher in the diabetics than in normal controls. The disturbance in cellular structure might be the pathological basis of endothelial dysfunction in diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ophthalmology, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Qingdao.
authors.forename: X G
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: L X
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002452:Cell Count; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000473:pathology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000473:pathology*; D004728:Endothelium, Corneal / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged