title: The mouth: a window on systemic disease.
abstract: The oral cavity often presents signs and symptoms of systemic disease-frequently the earliest and perhaps the only signs and symptoms. This article presents a brief description of oral signs and symptoms of some hematologic, metabolic, dermatologic, connective tissue and nutritional diseases, together with a discussion of clinical diagnostic problems. Diagnosis of systemic disease may be facilitated by awareness of the oral presentation of systemic disease.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Epstein