高血压是一种出名的隐袭性的病症。这种疾病往往要到医生用人们所熟悉的血压计给病人量血压时才会发现。现在,哈佛大学医学院的一个研究小组提出了一种简单的验血方法来检定有得高血压症倾向的人,这样,在病情发展之前就能着手治疗了。这些研究人员发现,原发性高血压——最常见的一种高血压病 Hypertension is a well-known recessive condition. The disease is often found only when the doctor is using a familiar sphygmomanometer to measure the patient’s blood pressure. Now a team at Harvard Medical School has come up with a simple blood test to test for people who have a tendency to develop hypertension so they can start treatment before their illness develops. The researchers found that essential hypertension - the most common type of hypertension