Open AccessHypertension in Children and Adolescents
Author(s) -
Moser Marvin,
Giles Thomas D.,
Falkner Bonita,
Schwartz Allan B.,
Townsend Raymond R.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the journal of clinical hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1751-7176
pISSN - 1524-6175
DOI - 10.1111/j.1524-6175.2005.03851.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gerontology , family medicine , haven , townsend , physics , mathematics , combinatorics , quantum mechanics
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.