PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rahman, Mahboob
TI  - Initial Findings of the AASK
DP  - 2003 Apr 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 304--312
VI  - 70
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/4/304.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/4/304.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2003 Apr 01; 70
AB  - Experts have long thought that African Americans were less responsive to ACE inhibitors than other racial or ethnic groups. The African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) provides the first evidence of a beneficial effect of ACE inhibition on renal function in African American patients, in addition to excellent blood pressure control.