title: Roundtable discussion: hypertension in children and adolescents.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
authors.forename: Marvin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: Thomas D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Giles
authors.forename: Bonita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Falkner
authors.forename: Allan B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Raymond R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Townsend
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents