title: Pediatric hypertension 2001.
abstract: During the past decade, there has been a surge of interest in childhood and adolescent hypertension. The current review summarizes work published during the past year in the following areas: prenatal and early postnatal causes of hypertension; new information on the genetics of childhood hypertension; the relation of obesity, insulin resistance, and diabetes to hypertension; the use of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to evaluate childhood hypertension; and advances in drug therapy for children with hypertension. The information obtained during the past year has improved our understanding of the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiology, C. S. Mott Hospital, University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA. rocchini@umich.edu
authors.forename: Albert P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Rocchini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents