RT Book, Section
A1 Chan, Toby Y.B.
A1 Hodge, William G.
A2 Riordan-Eva, Paul
A2 Cunningham, Emmett T.
SR Print(0)
ID 55784590
T1 Chapter 16. Immunologic Diseases of the Eye
T2 Vaughan & Asbury's General Ophthalmology, 18e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163420-5
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55784590
RD 2024/04/20
AB Ocular  manifestations  are  a  common  feature  of  immunologic  diseases  even  though,  paradoxically,  the  eye  is  also  a  site  of  immune  privilege.  The  propensity  for  immunologic  disease  to  affect  the  eye  derives  from  a  number  of  factors,  including  the  highly  vascular  nature  of  the  uvea,  the  tendency  for  immune  complexes  to  be  deposited  in  various  ocular  tissues,  and  the  exposure  of  the  mucous  membrane  of  the  conjunctiva  to  environmental  allergens.  Inflammatory  eye  disorders  are  more  obvious  (and  often  more  painful)  than  those  of  other  organs,  such  as  the  thyroid  or  the  kidney.