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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cornea. 2013 Apr;32(4):473–478. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31826f324e

TABLE.

Donor information for corneal specimens used for tissue microarray (TMA) production and validation (whole sections)

Patient Cohort n Age Gender (f:m) Endothelial nuclei per hpf Thickness (μm)DM Death to Autopsy (d)
TMA FECD 50 69.62 ± 1.2 35:15 5.6 ± 0.3 17.0 ± 1.0 n/a
KC 5 58.6 ± 8.6 3:2 15.6 ± 0.5 n/a n/a
Autopsy 10 63.9 ± 2.9 5:5 15.8 ± 1.4 n/a 1.0 ± 0.3
Whole Sections FECD 5 78.6 ± 2.8 3:2 5.3 ± 0.3 18.4 ± 4.1 n/a
Autopsy 5 79.4 ± 3.4 3:2 n/a n/a 0.8 ± 0.4

TMA: tissue microarray; FECD: Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy; KC: Keratoconus; hpf: high power field; DM: Descemet membrane; d: days; data are means ± SEM