title: CNS diseases and uveitis.
abstract: A number of inflammatory, infectious, neoplastic and idiopathic disorders affect the eye and the central nervous system (CNS) concurrently or at different time frames. These conditions pose a diagnostic challenge to the clinician since they may present with similar ocular and neurological manifestations. The purpose of this review is to describe major neurological syndromes including multiple sclerosis, Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease, other autoimmune syndromes, and several infectious diseases which may affect the eye. This article may serve as a guide for the diagnosis and treatment of such disorders. It should be noted that these conditions have been viewed from a neurologist's perspective thereby neurologic involvement is stressed.
authors.affiliation: Uveitis Center, Ophthalmology Department, Rapallo Hospital, Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: Pia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Allegri
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rissotto
authors.forename: Carl P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Herbort
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Murialdo