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PubMed ID:
17591527
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2007
Affiliation: Medicine, Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, USA. mohammed.sika@vanderbilt.edu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.03.004
Authors:
Cornish-Zirker D,
AASK group,
Gassman J,
Kendrick C,
Appel L,
Kusek J,
Toto R,
Peterson G,
Lash J,
Lipkowitz M,
Dowie D,
Erlinger T,
Douglas J,
Lewis J,
Sika M
Studies:
Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study
African Americans are at increased risk of kidney failure caused by hypertension. The primary objective of the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) Cohort Study is to identify risk factors for progressive kidney disease in African Americans with hypertensive chronic kidney disease in the setting of recommended antihypertensive therapy.
