Roundtable discussion: hypertension in children and adolescents.
Following a hypertension symposium held in Philadelphia, PA, on June 8, 2004, a roundtable discussion was held to discuss the treatment of hypertension in adolescents and children. The participants included Thomas D. Giles, MD, of Louisiana State College of Medicine, New Orleans, LA; Bonita Falkner, MD, of the Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Allan B. Schwartz, MD, of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Raymond R. Townsend, MD, of the Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; and Marvin Moser, MD, of the Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
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Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Thomas D
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Falkner
Bonita
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Schwartz
Allan B
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Townsend
Raymond R
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D000293:Adolescent; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents