Profile of V. Craig Jordan

Profile of cancer family clustering in Jordan.

This paper explores cancer family clustering in a random sample of patients registered in the Jordan National Cancer Registry for the year 1999, the most recent year that complete data were available. A special instrument was designed and data collected through personal interviews. Of the final sample of 707 cancer patients, 23% had a positive family history of cancer, 59% of which was first-de...

Consanguinity and genetic disorders. Profile from Jordan.

OBJECTIVE With 20-30% of all marriages occurring between first cousins, increasing attention in Jordan is now given to role of consanguinity in the occurrence of genetic diseases. The objective of this study is to define the specific categories of genetic disorders associated with consanguineous marriages. METHODS Etiological categories and consanguinity rates were studied among 623 families ...

Transparency of overdense plasma with V shape density profile

In this study, we investigate the transparency of an overdense inhomogeneous plasma slab. This anomalous transmission is achieved when the conditions provided for the incident electromagnetic wave to excite coupled surface waves on the both sides of the slab. These conditions require that the homogeneous overdense plasma, or the metallic film, is placed between two dielectric layers. Here, the ...

Clinical and inheritance profile of familial childhood epilepsy in Jordan

PURPOSE To present the clinical profiles and inheritance patterns of familial childhood epilepsy in the highly consanguineous population of Jordan. METHODS This retrospective study examined children diagnosed with epilepsy and having at least one epileptic parent or sibling. The epilepsy type was classified according to the criteria of the International League Against Epilepsy. Patients were ...

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