title: [Corneal endothelium in children and adolescents with myopia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine, whether the myopia could has an influence on corneal endothelium morphology.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients' age was from 13-th to 18-th years. Lens wearers and patients with external eye diseases and ocular surgery in the history, were excluded. The endothelium was imaged by non-contact microscope Topcon SP-2000P. The following parameters were examined: corneal thickness, corneal endothelial density, mean cell area of endothelial cells, coefficient of variation of cell size.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no significant differences in the corneal thickness among various degrees of myopic refractive error. Endothelial cell density (ECD) decreased in eyes with high myopia, but it not correlated either with corneal thickness nor with axial length of eyes. There was correlation between average cell area (AVG) and the degree of myopia.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Okulistyki Dzieciecej Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bakunowicz-Łazarczyk
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kretowska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003315:Cornea / Q000166:cytology*; D004727:Endothelium / Q000166:cytology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia