title: Ocular manifestations of systemic childhood diseases: some systemic diseases are no respecters of age.
abstract: Many diseases commonly thought to affect the older population may be present in children. Examples are given of conditions which might be unsuspected in children and which might, therefore, be undiagnosed until severe, irreversible damage is done.
mesh_terms: D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D005132:Eye Manifestations; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications