TY - JOUR T1 - Initial Findings of the AASK JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 304 LP - 312 VL - 70 IS - 4 AU - Mahboob Rahman Y1 - 2003/04/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/4/304.abstract N2 - 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. ER -