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Thomas Jefferson University - Bonita Falkner
Bonita Falkner

Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University
Jefferson Medical College
Department of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Professor Appointed: 2000

Mailing Address
Division of Nephrology
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
United States
Contact Information
Phone: (215) 503-2500
Fax: (215) 503-2506
Bonita.Falkner@jefferson.edu
Qualifications
Board Certification, American Board of Pediatrics, Nephrology, 1974

Board Certification, American Board of Pediatrics, 1972

B.A., University of Minnesota, 1963

M.D., University of Minnesota, 1967

Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Medical. Licensure

Other Expertise

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS: 1997-Present

2000 - present Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
1990 - 2000 Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospitals, Main Clinical Campus
1992 - 2000 St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
1993 - present Bryn Mawr Hospital

OTHER UNIVERSITY POSITIONS: 1997-Present

1996- MD-PhD Committee
1996-1998 University Council (Faculty Representative)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: 1997-Present

1996-1998 Executive Committee, Council on High Blood Pressure Research (AHA)
1995-1999 Cardiovascular-Renal Study Section, NIH
1996-1997 Joint National Committee for Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of Hypertension VI
1996-1998 Taskforce on Women's Health Research - OWHR/NIH

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES:
Editorial Board: Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Hypertension, American Journal of Clinical Hypertension, American Journal of Hypertension, Ethnicity & Disease

Referee:
Hypertension, Journal of Hypertension, American Journal of Hypertension, Journal of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Journal of American Society of Nephrology, Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine, Journal of Adolescent Health, Journal of Women's Health

TEACHING POSITIONS:
Lectures in Pediatric Nephrology - 3rd year medical students
Elective in Pediatric Nephrology - 4th year medical students
Elective in Pediatric Nephrology - PL-3 Pediatric Residents
Lecture and Case Conferences in Nephrology: Introduction to Clinical
Medicine

INVITED LECTURES AND ADDRESSES (1997-present)

Falkner B: Measuring Your Women's Health Center's Performance Through Benchmarking. Presented at Cost Effective Treatment of Mid-life Women's Health Under Managed Care AIC Conferences. Washington, DC, September 1997.

Falkner B: The recognition and management of hypertension in youth. Presented at the Cardiovascular Health: Coming together for the 21st century sponsored by NHLBI. San Francisco, CA, February 1998.

Falkner B: Changing Epidemiology of Hypertension in Children. Presented at the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Conference. New Orleans, LA, April 1998.

Falkner B: Management of Hypertension in the Female. Presented at the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association Clinical Assembly (POMA). Philadelphia, PA, April 1998.

Falkner B: Hypertension in Women. Presented at the Southern Medical Association. Naples, FL, June 1998.

Falkner B: Management of Hypertension in Childhood. Presented at the Southern Medical Association. Naples, FL. June 1998.

Falkner B: Obesity, Diabetes and Renal Disease and Other Risk Factors in Children. Presented at the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB). Charleston, NC, July 1998.

Falkner B: Insulin Resistance and Sex Hormone Binding Globulin in Relation to Hypertension. Presented at the American Society of Nephrology. Philadelphia, PA, October 1998.

Falkner B: Risk Factors for Hypertension in Young Women. Presented at the Hypertension in Women American Heart Association Symposium. Dallas, TX, November, 1998.

Falkner B: Hypertension in the Female Patient. Presented at the Southern Medical Association's 92nd Annual Scientific Assembly. New Orleans, LA, November, 1998.

Falkner B: Treatment of Hypertension in Children. Presented at the Update on the Management of Hypertension Symposium. Philadelphia, PA, December, 1998.

Falkner B: Special Problems in the Management of Hypertension in Women. Presented at the Women and Renal Disease (NIDDK, ORWH-NIH), Bethesda, MD, September, 1999.

Falkner B: Blood Pressure and Risk Factors in Childhood - Presented at the International Symposium on Hypertension and Related Disease. Beijing, china, October 6, 1999.

Falkner, B: How Predictive are Risk Factors in Childhood? Presented at WHO-ISH Epidemiology and Prevention of CVD meeting. Beijing, China, October 9, 1999.

Falkner, B: Children, Obesity, and Future Heart Disease. Presented at the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust. The Association of Black Cardiologists. Washington, DC. April 7, 2000

Falkner, B: Chronic Renal Failure in African-Americans: Mechanisms, Ris
Keywords
Health And Medicine
Publications
  • Falkner B, Sherif K, Michel S, Kushner H. Dietary nutrients and blood pressure in urban minority adolescents at risk for hypertension. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 154(9): 918-22, Sep 2000

  • Sherif K, Barrett M, Kushner H, Falkner B. The association of left ventricular mass with cardiovascular risk factors in African American women. American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 320(1): 13-7, Jul 2000

  • Sherif K, Barrett M, Kushner H, Falkner B. The association of RBC sodium-lithium countertransport (Vmax) with left ventricular mass in African American women. Journal of Human Hypertension. 14(3): 213-9, Mar 2000

  • Sherif K, Kushner H, Falkner B. The Contribution of Diet to Blood Pressure (BP) and Insulin Sensitivity in Young African Americans. American Journal of Hypertension. 13 (4:2):85A, 2000

  • Falkner B, Sherif K, Setty B, Stuart M. Endothelial Function and Glucose Tolerance in African Americans. Journal of Hypertension. 18 (supp 4):S225, 2000

  • Falkner B, Kushner H. Pulse Pressure Is Linked with Urinary Albumin Excretion in Young Adult African Americans. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 11:346A, 2000

  • Falkner B, Sadowski R. Hypertension in Children in Pediatric Cardiovascular Medicine. Editors: Moller and Hoffman. Churchill and Livingston, New York. pp 804-815., 2000

  • Falkner B, Sherif K. Gender differences in the relationship of insulin-mediated glucose utilization and sex hormones in young African Americans. Journal of Gender-Specific Medicine. 3: 60-65, 2000

  • Falkner B, Michel S. Obesity and other risk factors in children. Ethnicity and Disease. 9(2): 284-9, 1999

  • Falkner B, Sherif K, Sumner AE, Kushner H. Blood pressure increase with impaired glucose tolerance in young adult american blacks. Hypertension. 34(5): 1086-90, Nov 1999

  • Sumner AE, Falkner B, Diffenderfer MR, Barrett PH, Marsh JB. A study of the metabolism of apolipoprotein B100 in relation to insulin resistance in African American males. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. 221(4): 352-60, Sep 1999

  • Humphries S, Kushner H, Falkner B. Low dietary magnesium is associated with insulin resistance in a sample of young, nondiabetic Black Americans. American Journal of Hypertension. 12(8 Pt 1): 747-56, Aug 1999

  • Mattes RD, Falkner B. Salt-sensitivity classification in normotensive adults. Clinical Science. 96(5): 449-59, May 1999

  • Mattes RD, Westby E, De Cabo R, Falkner B. Dietary compliance among salt-sensitive and salt-insensitive normotensive adults. American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 317(5): 287-94, May 1999

  • Falkner B, Sherif K, Sumner A, Kushner H. Hyperinsulinism and sex hormones in young adult African Americans. Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental. 48(1): 107-12, Jan 1999

  • Sumner AE, Kushner H, Sherif KD, Tulenko TN, Falkner B, Marsh JB. Sex differences in African-Americans regarding sensitivity to insulin's glucoregulatory and antilipolytic actions. Diabetes Care. 22(1): 71-7, Jan 1999

  • Falkner B, Michel S, Kushner H. Multiple Dietary Nutrients and Blood Pressure in Urban Adolescents at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease. Pediatric Research. 45(4) part 2: 3A, 1999

  • Falkner B, Sherif K, Kushner H. Blood Pressure and Glucose Metabolism in Young Adult African Americans. Hypertension. 34:370(A), 1999

  • Falkner B. Management of Hypertensive Children and Adolescents. In: Hypertension Primer. Eds., Izzo JL and Black H. American Heart Association, Dallas Tx. pp 424-426., 1999

  • Falkner B. Hypertension in Children and Adolescents. Mancia G (ed), Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, UK. (In press), 1999

  • Sadowski R, Falkner B. Evaluation of Hypertension in Older Children and Adolescents. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 1: 125-135, 1999

  • Weir MR, Reisin E, Falkner B, Hutchinson HG, Sha L, Tuck ML. Nocturnal reduction of blood pressure and the antihypertensive response to a diuretic or angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor in obese hypertensive patients. TROPHY Study Group. American Journal of Hypertension. 11(8 Pt 1): 914-20, Aug 1998

  • Sumner AE, Falkner B, Kushner H, Considine RV. Relationship of leptin concentration to gender, menopause, age, diabetes, and fat mass in African Americans. Obesity Research. 6(2): 128-33, Mar 1998

  • Sherif K, Kushner H, Falkner BE. Sex hormone-binding globulin and insulin resistance in African-American women. Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental. 47(1): 70-4, Jan 1998

  • Hulman S, Kushner H, Katz S, Falkner B. Can cardiovascular risk be predicted by newborn, childhood, and adolescent body size? An examination of longitudinal data in urban African Americans. Journal of Pediatrics. 132(1): 90-7, Jan 1998

  • Falkner B, Hulman S, Kushner H. Birth weight versus childhood growth as determinants of adult blood pressure. Hypertension. 31(1): 145-50, Jan 1998

  • Sherif K, Barrett M, Sumner AE, Kushner H, Falkner B. Association of RBC Sodium-Lithium Countertransport with Left Ventricular Mass in African American Women. American Journal of Hypertension. 11(4:2):186, 1998

  • Sherif K, Sumner AE, Majors A, Kushner H, Pyeritz R, Falkner B. Plasma Homocysteine and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in African American Women. American Journal of Hypertension. 11(4:2):25A, 1998

  • Hulman S, Kushner H, Falkner B. Variation of Ponderal Index (PI) at Birth With Race and Gestational Age (GA): Data on 1069 Newborns. APS/SPR. Pediatric Research. 43(4) 217A, 1998

  • The sixth report of the Joint National Committee on prevention, detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood pressure. Archives of Internal Medicine. 157(21): 2413-46, 1997

  • Reisin E, Weir MR, Falkner B, Hutchinson HG, Anzalone DA, Tuck ML. Lisinopril versus hydrochlorothiazide in obese hypertensive patients: a multicenter placebo-controlled trial. Treatment in Obese Patients With Hypertension (TROPHY) Study Group. Hypertension. 30(1 Pt 1): 140-5, Jul 1997

  • Sumner AE, Kushner H, Tulenko TN, Falkner B, Marsh JB. The relationship in African-Americans of sex differences in insulin-mediated suppression of nonesterified fatty acids to sex differences in fasting triglyceride levels. Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental. 46(4): 400-5, Apr 1997

  • Falkner B, Michel S. Blood pressure response to sodium in children and adolescents. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 65(2 Suppl): 618S-621S, Feb 1997

  • Falkner B, Canessa M, Levison S, Kushner H. Sodium-lithium countertransport is associated with insulin resistance and urinary albumin excretion in young African-Americans. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 29(1): 45-53, Jan 1997

  • Falkner B, Hulman S, Katz S, Kushner H. Birth Weight (BWt) Is Not Associated With Adult Blood Pressure (BP) In African Americans. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. 10(4):22(A), 1997

  • Sherif KD, Barrett M, Kushner H, Falkner BE. Phenotypes that Modulate Vascular Disease in African-American Women. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. 10(4):48(A), 1997

  • Weir MR, Reisin E, Falkner B, Hutchinson HG, Anzalone D, Tuck M for the TROPHY Study Group. Effect of Lisinopril (L), Hydrochlorothiazide (H) and Dipper/Non-Dipper Status on 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure (ABP) in Obese Hypertensives. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. 10(4):82(A), 1997

  • Weir M, Falkner B, Hutchinson H, Anzalone D, Tuck M, and the TROPHY Study. Efficacy of Lisinopril Vs Hydrochlorothiazide in Obese Hypertensive Patients. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. 10(4):82(A), 1997

  • Humphries S, Kushner H, Falkner B. Low Dietary Magnesium is Associated With Insulin Resistance in a Sample of Young, Non-diabetic, African Americans. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. 10(4):207(A), 1997

  • Hulman S, Kushner H, Falkner B. Childhood Growth Not Birth Weight, Predicts Cardiovascular Risk in African Americans. Pediatric Research. 41(4:2):94A, 1997

  • Sherif K, Kushner H, Falkner B. Androgen Balance in African American Women. Hypertension. 30(3):502, 1997

  • Hulman S, Brodsky N, Miller J, Donnelly C, Helms J, Falkner B. Effect of estrogen withdrawal on blood pressure and insulin resistance in sucrose-fed juvenile rats. American Journal of Hypertension. 9(12 Pt 1): 1200-5, Dec 1996

  • Falkner B. The role of cardiovascular reactivity as a mediator of hypertension in African Americans. Seminars in Nephrology. 16(2): 117-25, Mar 1996

  • Zubrow AB, Hulman S, Kushner H, Falkner B. Determinants of blood pressure in infants admitted to neonatal intensive care units: a prospective multicenter study. Philadelphia Neonatal Blood Pressure Study Group. Journal of Perinatology. 15(6): 470-9, 1995

  • Falkner B, Sadowski RH. Hypertension in children and adolescents. American Journal of Hypertension. 8(12 Pt 2): 106s-110s, Dec 1995

  • Falkner B, Kushner H, Tulenko T, Sumner AE, Marsh JB. Insulin sensitivity, lipids, and blood pressure in young American blacks. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 15(11): 1798-804, Nov 1995

  • Falkner B, Kushner H, Levison S, Canessa M. Albuminuria in association with insulin and sodium-lithium countertransport in young African Americans with borderline hypertension. Hypertension. 25(6): 1315-21, Jun 1995

  • Falkner B, Canessa M, Anzalone D. Effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (lisinopril) on insulin sensitivity and sodium transport in mild hypertension. American Journal of Hypertension. 8(5 Pt 1): 454-60, May 1995

  • Falkner B, Hulman S, Kushner H. Gender differences in insulin-stimulated glucose utilization among African-Americans. American Journal of Hypertension. 7(11): 948-52, Nov 1994

  • Hulman S, Falkner B. The effect of excess dietary sucrose on growth, blood pressure, and metabolism in developing Sprague-Dawley rats. Pediatric Research. 36(1 Pt 1): 95-101, Jul 1994

  • National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group report on hypertension in diabetes. Hypertension. 23(2): 145-58, Feb 1994

  • The fifth report of the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC V). Archives of Internal Medicine. 153(2): 154-83, 1993

  • Falkner B. Hypertension in childhood and adolescence. Clinical and Experimental Hypertension. 15(6): 1315-26, Nov 1993

  • Howard BV, Schneiderman N, Falkner B, Haffner SM, Laws A. Insulin, health behaviors, and lipid metabolism. Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental. 42(9 Suppl 1): 25-35, Sep 1993

  • Levine DM, Cohen JD, Dustan HP, Falkner B, Flora JA, Lefebvre RC, Morisky DE, Oberman A, Pickering TG, Roccella EJ. Behavior changes and the prevention of high blood pressure. Workshop II. AHA Prevention Conference III. Behavior change and compliance: keys to improving cardiovascular health. Circulation. 88(3): 1387-90, Sep 1993

  • Canessa M, Falkner B, Hulman S. Red blood cell sodium-proton exchange in hypertensive blacks with insulin-resistant glucose disposal. Hypertension. 22(2): 204-13, Aug 1993

  • Falkner B, Hulman S, Kushner H. Insulin-stimulated glucose utilization and borderline hypertension in young adult blacks. Hypertension. 22(1): 18-25, Jul 1993

  • Rabinowitz A, Kushner H, Falkner B. Racial differences in blood pressure among urban adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health. 14(4): 314-8, Jun 1993

  • Falkner B. Developmental vascular biology and the early phases of essential hypertension in the young. Journal of Human Hypertension. 7(3): 221-2, Jun 1993

  • Hiner LB, Falkner B. Renovascular hypertension in children. Pediatric Clinics of North America. 40(1): 123-40, Feb 1993

  • Hulman S, Falkner B, Freyvogel N. Insulin resistance in the conscious spontaneously hypertensive rat: euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp study. Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental. 42(1): 14-8, Jan 1993

  • Falkner B, Hulman S, Kushner H. Hyperinsulinemia and blood pressure sensitivity to sodium in young blacks. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 3(4): 940-6, Oct 1992

  • Hiner L, Falkner B. Essential hypertension in childhood and adolescence. Child Nephrology and Urology. 12(2-3): 119-23, 1992

  • Ranal et al. Health Behavior Research in Minority Populations: Access, Design, Implementation. Individual Recruitment. In: Rimer BK, et al.: The Role of Theory in Health Behavior Research in Minority Populations. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH Pub. No. 92-2965. 75-78, 1992

  • Falkner B. Blood pressure response to mental stress. American Journal of Hypertension. 4(11): 621S-623S, Nov 1991

  • Hulman S, Edwards R, Chen YQ, Polansky M, Falkner B. Blood pressure patterns in the first three days of life. Journal of Perinatology. 11(3): 231-4, Sep 1991

  • American Heart Association Prevention Conference II--Hypertension. Washington, D.C., April 24-26, 1990. Proceedings. Hypertension. 18(3 Suppl): I1-168, Sep 1991

  • Hulman S, Falkner B, Chen YQ. Insulin resistance in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental. 40(4): 359-61, Apr 1991

  • Falkner B, Kushner H. Interaction of sodium sensitivity and stress in young adults. Hypertension. 17(1 Suppl): I162-5, Jan 1991

  • Falkner B, Hulman S, Tannenbaum J, Kushner H. Insulin resistance and blood pressure in young black men. Hypertension. 16(6): 706-11, Dec 1990

  • Canessa M, Laski C, Falkner B. Red blood cell Na transport as a predictor of blood pressure response to Na load in young blacks and whites. Hypertension. 16(5): 508-14, Nov 1990

  • Ponte P, Katz SM, Falkner B. Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Renal pathology at 4 months of age. Clinical Pediatrics. 29(7): 393-7, Jul 1990

  • Falkner B. Differences in blacks and whites with essential hypertension: biochemistry and endocrine. State of the art lecture. Hypertension. 15(6 Pt 2): 681-6, Jun 1990

  • Tannenbaum J, Hulman S, Falkner B. Relationship between plasma renin concentration and atrial natriuretic peptide in the human newborn. American Journal of Perinatology. 7(2): 174-7, Apr 1990

  • Falkner B, Kushner H. Effect of chronic sodium loading on cardiovascular response in young blacks and whites. Hypertension. 15(1): 36-43, Jan 1990

  • Falkner B. Vascular reactivity and hypertension in childhood. Seminars in Nephrology. 9(3): 247-52, Sep 1989

  • Falkner B. The hypertensive adolescent. Pediatric Annals. 18(9): 570 572 574-5 passim, Sep 1989

  • Santangelo K, Falkner B, Kushner H. Forearm hemodynamics at rest and stress in borderline hypertensive adolescents. American Journal of Hypertension. 2(1): 52-6, Jan 1989

  • Falkner B, Kushner H. Race differences in stress-induced reactivity in young adults. Health Psychology. 8(5): 613-27, 1989

  • Falkner B. : Essential hypertension in children. Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 1: 131-134, 1989

  • Mattes RD, Falkner B. Salt taste and salt-sensitivity in black adolescents. Chemical Senses. 14: 673-679, 1989

  • Falkner B. Measurement of volume regulation: Renal function. In: Schneiderman, N., Kaufman, P., Weiss, S.M. Eds. Handbook of Research Methods in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine. New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation. 117-129, 1989

  • Falkner B. Determinants of essential hypertension in childhood. In: Atherosclerosis: A Pediatric Perspective. Editor, Subbiah MTR. CRC Press Inc. 165-174, 1989

  • Falkner B, Rabinowitz A, Michel SH. Nutrition and blood pressure in childhood. In: Nutrition and Hypertension. Eds., Langford H and Levine B. Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York. 51-65, 1989

  • Katz SM, Krueger LJ, Falkner B. Microscopic nephrocalcinosis in cystic fibrosis. New England Journal of Medicine. 319(5): 263-6, Aug 1988

  • Falkner B. Sodium sensitivity: a determinant of essential hypertension. Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 7(1): 35-41, Feb 1988

  • Falkner B. Hypertension and edema. In Kaye, R., Oski, F., Barness, L. Eds. Core Textbook of Pediatrics, 3rd Edition, J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. 162-169, 1988

  • Falkner B. Is there a black hypertension? [editorial]. Hypertension. 10(6): 551-4, Dec 1987

  • Herd JA, Falkner B, Anderson DE, Costa PD Jr, Dembroski TM, Hendrix GH, Henry JP, Kaplan JR, Light KC, Schneiderman N, et al. Psychophysiologic factors in hypertension. Circulation. 76(1 Pt 2): I89-94, Jul 1987

  • Blackburn H, Watkins LO, Agras WS, Carleton RA, Falkner B. Primary prevention of coronary heart disease. Circulation. 76(1 Pt 2): I164-7, Jul 1987

  • Report of the Second Task Force on Blood Pressure Control in Children--1987. Task Force on Blood Pressure Control in Children. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland. Pediatrics. 79(1): 1-25, Jan 1987

  • Falkner B. Mild hypertension in adolescence. In Mild Hypertension: From Drug Trials to Practice. Eds. Strasser, T., Ganten, D. Raven Press, New York. 279-283, 1987

  • Falkner B. Cardiovascular changes in prehypertension. In: The heart and hypertension. Ed. Messerli F.H. Yorke Medical Books, New York. 29-34, 1987

  • Perlmutter GS, Paran E, Falkner B, Bies CM, Fagan T, Chase RR, Lowenthal DT. Transdermal delivery of clonidine in transdermal controlled system medication. In: Editor, Swarbrick, J. Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York. 321-333, 1987

  • Falkner B:. Reactivity to mental stress in hypertension and prehypertension. In: Handbook of Hypertension, Behavioral Factors in Hypertension, Editor Julius S. and Bassett D.R. Elsevier Science Publishers. B.V. 9: 95-103, 1987

  • Falkner B, Kushner H, Khalsa DK, Canessa M, Katz S. Sodium sensitivity, growth and family history of hypertension in young blacks. Journal of Hypertension. Supplement. 4(5): S381-3, Dec 1986

  • Falkner B. Management of hypertension in children and adolescents. American Family Physician. 34(5): 101-9, Nov 1986

  • Falkner B, Ragonesi S. Psychosocial stress and reactivity as risk factors of cardiovascular disease. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry. 25(6): 779-84, Nov 1986

  • Canessa M, Bize I, Spalvins A, Falkner B, Katz S. Na-K-C1 cotransport and Na pump in red cells of young blacks and blood pressure response to salt loading. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2(2): 101-8, Jun 1986

  • Falkner B. [Cardiovascular reactivity in young people]. Kardiologiia. 26(1): 39-44, Jan 1986

  • Falkner B. Cardiovascular characteristics of the young with borderline hypertension. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 8 Suppl 5: S44-7, 1986

  • Falkner B, Katz S, Canessa M, Kushner H. The response to chronic oral sodium loading in young blacks. Hypertension. 8((Suppl I)): I-165-168, 1986

  • Lowenthal DT, Saris SD, Porten RS, Bies C, Falkner B. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of transdermal clonidine in renal insufficiency. Journal of Hypertension. 4: 576, 1986

  • Falkner B, Light K. The interactive effects of stress and dietary sodium on cardiovascular reactivity. In: Stress, reactivity, and cardiovascular disease: Status and prospects. Eds. Matthews L., Weiss S.M., Detre T., Dembroski T., Falkner B., Manuch S., Williams R. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York. 329-341, 1986

  • Falkner B, Thanki B, Lowenthal DT. Transdermal clonidine in the treatment of adolescent hypertension. Journal of Hypertension. Supplement. 3(4): S61-3, Dec 1985

  • Falkner B, Gazdick M. Fluids and electrolytes. In: Critical Care Pediatrics. Eds. Zimmerman S.S., Gildea J.H., W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. 55-61, 1985

  • Canessa M, Spalvins A, Adragna N, Falkner B. Red cell sodium countertransport and cotransport in normotensive and hypertensive blacks. Hypertension. 6(3): 344-51, 1984

  • The 1984 Report of the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. Archives of Internal Medicine. 144(5): 1045-57, May 1984

  • Falkner B, Koffler S, Lowenthal DT. Effects of antihypertensive drugs on cognitive function in adolescents. Pediatric Pharmacology. 4(4): 239-44, 1984

  • Lowenthal DT, Affrime MB, Rosenthal L, Falkner B. Can exercise be of value in treating hypertension?. In: Controversies in Nephrology. Eds. G. Schreiner, J. Winchester, B. Mendelson. Masson Publishing Co., Arlington, Virginia. , 1984

  • Taylor W, Falkner B, Lowenthal DT. The hemodynamic response to isometric exercise in normotensive and hypertensive adolescent females. Annals of Sports Medicine 2. 2: 26-29, 1984

  • Lowenthal DT, Dickerman D, Saris S, Falkner B, Hare T. The effect of pharmacological interaction on central and peripheral alpha-receptors and pressor response to static exercise. Annals of Sports Medicine. 1(3): 100-104, 1984

  • Falkner B. Blood Pressure Regulation in the young: Variation and risk for essential hypertension. Behavioral Medicine Updates. 6: 25-28, 1984

  • Falkner B, Light K, Aleksandrov A, Anderson D, Levinson P, Manuch SB, Shields JL, Surwit R, Watkins L, Wing R. Psychosocial stressors producing reactivity. In: Stress, reactivity, and cardiovascular disease, proceedings of the working conference. Nat. Health Insti. NIH Publication No. 84-2698. 171-174, 1984

  • Lowenthal DT, Affrime MB, Rosenthal L, Falkner B. Can exercise be of value in treating hypertension?. In: Controversies in Nephrology. Eds. Schreiner, G., Winchester, J., and Mendolson. Masson Publishing Company, Arlington, Virginia. 243-252, 1984

  • Canessa M, Solomon H, Falkner B, Adragna N, Ellison RC. Familial aggregation of sodium countertransport and co-transport and essential hypertension. In: Topics in Pathophysiology of Hypertension. Eds. Villariel, H., Sambi, M. Martinus Nyhoff Publishers, Boston. , 1984

  • Falkner B. Cardiovascular reactivity and psychogenic stress in juveniles. In: NHLBI workshop on juvenile hypertension. Editors: Loggie J.M.H., Horan M.S., Gruskin A.B., Aohn A.R., Dunbar J.B., Havlik R.J., Biomedical Information Corporation. 161-171, 1984

  • Falkner B, Lowenthal DT, Kushner H. Blood pressure monitors in studies of cardiovascular response. In: Weber M.A. Steinkoph, Darmstadt. 163-165, 1984

  • Falkner B, Lowenthal DT, Affrime MB, Hamstra B. R-wave amplitude change during aerobic exercise in hypertensive adolescents after treatment. American Journal of Cardiology. 51(3): 459-63, Feb 1983

  • Falkner B, Onesti G, Lowenthal DT, Affrime MB. The use of clonidine monotherapy in adolescent hypertension. Chest. 83(2 Suppl): 425-7, Feb 1983

  • Lowenthal DT, Affrime MB, Meyer A, Kim KE, Falkner B, Sharif K. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of clonidine in varying states of renal function. Chest. 83(2 Suppl): 386-90, Feb 1983

  • Lowenthal DT, Kim KE, Affrime MB, Falkner B. Overview of physiology in senescence. Chest. 83(2 Suppl): 408-9, Feb 1983

  • Lowenthal DT, Stein D, Hare TW, Yarnoff A, Lowenthal P, Saris S, Falkner B, Affrime MB. The clinical pharmacology of cardiovascular drugs during exercise. Journal of Cardiac Rehabilitation. III: 12, 1983

  • Lowenthal DT, Affrime MB, Gould AB, Falkner B, Rosenthal L, Saris S. Biochemical and pharmacodynamic responses to antirennin antihypertensives during exercise. Annals of Sports Medicine. 1: 59-65, 1983

  • Falkner B. Exercise in the young. In: Exercise medicine: Physiological Principles and Clinical Applications. Eds. Bove and Lowenthal. Academic Press, New York. 163-171, 1983

  • Falkner B. Fluid and electrolyte therapy. In: ICU Medicine. Eds. Miller, H.A., Major, D.A. and Oaks, W.W., Grune and Stratton, New York. 91-94, 1983

  • Rosenthal L, Affrime MB, Lowenthal DT, Falkner B, Saris S, Gould AB. Biochemical and dynamic responses to single and repeated doses of methyldopa and propranolol during dynamic physical activity. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 32(6): 701-10, Dec 1982

  • Falkner B, Onesti G, Lowenthal DT, Affrime MB. Effectiveness of centrally acting drugs and diuretics in adolescent hypertension. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 32(5): 577-83, Nov 1982

  • Lowenthal DT, Affrime MB, Rosenthal L, Gould AB, Borruso J, Falkner B. Dynamic and biochemical responses to single and repeated doses of clonidine during dynamic physical activity. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 32(1): 18-24, Jul 1982

  • Falkner B, Lowenthal DT, Affrime MB, Hamstra B. Changes in R wave amplitude during aerobic exercise stress testing in hypertensive adolescents. American Journal of Cardiology. 50(1): 152-6, Jul 1982

  • Altamura M, Wilson A, Faulkner B, Damjanov I, Gonick P. Hypertension in an adolescent. Journal of Urology. 127(1): 97-9, Jan 1982

  • Lowenthal DT, Affrime MB, Falkner B, Saris S, Hakki H, Rosenthal L. Potassium disposition and neuroendocrine effects of propranolol, methyldopa and clonidine during dynamic exercise. Clinical and Experimental Hypertension. Part A, Theory and Practice. 4(9-10): 1895-911, 1982

  • Falkner B, Lowenthal DT, Affrime MB. The pharmacodynamic effectiveness of metoprolol in adolescent hypertension. Pediatric Pharmacology. 2(1): 49-55, 1982

  • Falkner B, Kushner H, Onesti G, Angelakos ET. Cardiovascular characteristics in adolescents who develop essential hypertension. Hypertension. 3(5): 521-7, 1981

  • Kushner H, Falkner B. A harmonic analysis of cardiac response of normotensive and hypertensive adolescents during stress. Journal of Human Stress. 7(1): 21-7, Mar 1981

  • Falkner B, Onesti G, Moshang T Jr, Lowenthal DT. Growth hormone release in hypertensive adolescents treated with clonidine. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 21(1): 31-6, Jan 1981

  • Falkner B, Onesti G, Hamstra B. Stress response characteristics of adolescents with high genetic risk for essential hypertension: a five year follow-up. Clinical and Experimental Hypertension. 3(4): 583-91, 1981

  • Falkner B, Hamstra B, Lombardo R, Shirk J. Blood pressure variability and tracking in adolescent boys. International Journal of Pediatric Nephrology. 2: 177-180, 1981

  • Canessa M, Adragna N, Falkner B. Red cell Na transport polymorphism and human hypertension. Table Ronde - Uclaf on Membranes in Hypertension. 42: 13-14, 1981

  • Falkner B, Lowenthal DT, Onesti G. Dynamic exercise response in hypertensive adolescent on clonidine therapy: clonidine therapy in adolescent hypertension. Pediatric Pharmacology. 1(2): 121-8, 1980

  • Falkner B, Lowenthal DT. Dynamic exercise response in hypertensive adolescents. International Journal of Pediatric Nephrology. 1: 161-65, 1980

  • Akrami C, Falkner B, Gould A, DeClement F, Bentilin A. The renin-angiotensin system and hypertension in children with burns. Journal of Trauma. 20: 130-134, 1980

  • Falkner B, Onesti G, Angelakos ET. Cardiovascular response to stress in adolescents. In: Hypertension in the Young and Old. Eds. Onesti, G., Kim, K., Grune and Stratton, New York. 11-17, 1980

  • Falkner B, Onesti G, Hayes P. The role of sodium in essential hypertension: Genetically hypertensive adolescents. In: Hypertension in the Young and Old. Eds. Onesti, G., Kim, K., Grune and Stratton, New York. 29-35, 1980

  • Falkner B, Lowenthal DT, Onesti G. Response to centrally acting antihypertensive agents in adolescent hypertension. In: Hypertension in the Young and Old. Eds. Onesti, G., Kim, K., Grune and Stratton, New York. 203-209, 1980

  • Bowers JE, Faulkner B, Michel S. Obesity in children: an ecological approach. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. 10(4): 40-9, 1979

  • Falkner B, Onesti G, Angelakos ET, Fernandes M, Langman C. Cardiovascular response to mental stress in normal adolescents with hypertensive parents. Hemodynamics and mental stress in adolescents. Hypertension. 1(1): 23-30, 1979

  • Falkner B, Onesti G, Angelakos ET. : Hemodynamic response to mental stress in normal adolescents with varying degrees of genetic risk for essential hypertension. In: Prophylactic Approach to Hypertensive Diseases. Eds. Yamori, Lovenberg, Freis. Raven Press, New York. 149-155, 1979

  • Falkner B, Roven S, DeClement FA, Bendlin A. Hypertension in children with burns. Journal of Trauma. 18(3): 213-7, Mar 1978

  • Falkner B, Langman C, Katz S. Renal histopathological changes in a child with Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 30(11): 1077-81, Nov 1977

  • Katz SM, Bates O, Yudis M, Falkner B, Griffith E. Immune complex glomerulonephritis in a case of retroperitoneal fibrosis. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 67(5): 436-9, May 1977

  • Hann S, Kaye R, Falkner B. Subpopulations of peripheral lymphocytes in juvenile diabetes. Diabetes. 25(2): 101-3, Feb 1976

  • Gonick P, Falkner B, Schwartz A, Pariser R. Bacteriuria in the catheterized patient. Cystitis or pyelonephritis?. Jama. 233(3): 253-5, Jul 1975

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