title: The eye in systemic disease.
abstract: All systemic diseases can affect the eye. This article discusses the clinical changes in the eye within traditional disease categories. Emphasis is placed on the most common disorders, those in which specific eye findings assist in diagnosis and those where involvement of the eye requires urgent referral to an ophthalmologist.
authors.affiliation: Medical Eye Unit, St Thomas' Hospital, London.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Stanbury
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Graham
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy