Bridget A. Fernandez

21.1k citations

40 papers · 2.9k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 22

Genetics top 1%
Molecular Biology top 10%
Cognitive Neuroscience top 2%
Rheumatology top 2%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health top 5%

Co-authors: Stephen W. Scherer Christian R. Marshall Wendy Roberts Péter Szatmári Lonnie Zwaigenbaum Fassiatou Tairou Margot I. Van Allen Michiel C. Van den Hof
Topics: Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (12 papers)Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (9 papers)Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (8 papers)
Cited by: Genetics Cognitive Neuroscience Rheumatology
Journals: New England Journal of Medicine Scientific Reports Genome Research
Partner nations: Canada United States United Kingdom

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Bridget A. Fernandez

39 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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Reduction in Neural-Tube Defects after Folic Acid Fortification in Canada

2007 584 citations Philippe De Wals, Fassiatou Tairou et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Resolving complex duplication variants in autism spectrum disorder using long-read genome sequencing 2024 ·Genome Research ·Jesper Eisfeldt,Edward J. Higginbotham,(unknown),Jennifer Howe,Bridget A. Fernandez,Anna Lindstrand,Stephen W. Scherer,Lars Feuk	3
2	Cardiac arrest in a mother and daughter and the identification of a novel RYR2 variant, predisposing to low penetrant catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in a four‐generation Canadian family 2020 ·Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine ·Matthew Tung,Filip Van Petegem,(unknown),(unknown),Kathy Hodgkinson,Bridget A. Fernandez,Sean P. Connors,(unknown),Shubhayan Sanatani,Laura Arbour	3
3	A novel pathogenic missense ADAMTS17 variant that impairs secretion causes Weill-Marchesani Syndrome with variably dysmorphic hand features 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown),Jane S. Green,Somayyeh Fahiminiya,Jacek Majewski,Bridget A. Fernandez,Matthew A. Deardorff,(unknown),(unknown),Dirk Hubmacher,Suneel Apte,Kym M. Boycott,Dennis E. Bulman,David A. Dyment,(unknown),Michael Brudno,Michael O. Woods	14
4	Novel Usher syndrome pathogenic variants identified in cases with hearing and vision loss 2019 ·BMC Medical Genetics ·(unknown),Jane Green,Darren D. O’Rielly,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Bridget A. Fernandez,(unknown),Jiayi Zhou,Nicole M. Roslin,Terry‐Lynn Young	9
5	A genome-wide linkage study of autism spectrum disorder and the broad autism phenotype in extended pedigrees 2018 ·Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders ·Marc Woodbury‐Smith,Andrew D. Paterson,(unknown),Mehdi Zarrei,Ryan K. C. Yuen,Jennifer Howe,Ann Thompson,Morgan Parlier,Bridget A. Fernandez,Joseph Piven,Stephen W. Scherer,Veronica J. Vieland,Péter Szatmári	15
6	Incidence and cohort prevalence for autism spectrum disorders in the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador 2015 ·CMAJ Open ·(unknown),Cathy Vardy,Bridget A. Fernandez,(unknown),Roger Chafe	13
7	WNT1 Mutations in Families Affected by Moderately Severe and Progressive Recessive Osteogenesis Imperfecta 2013 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Shawna M. Pyott,Thao Tran,Dru F. Leistritz,Melanie Pepin,Nancy J. Mendelsohn,Renee Temme,Bridget A. Fernandez,Solaf M. Elsayed,Ezzat Elsobky,I. C. Verma,(unknown),Emily H. Turner,Joshua D. Smith,Gail P. Jarvik,Peter H. Byers	170
8	A molecular genetic study of autism and related phenotypes in extended pedigrees 2013 ·Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders ·Joseph Piven,Veronica J. Vieland,Morgan Parlier,Ann Thompson,(unknown),(unknown),Yungui Huang,Kimberly A. Walters,Bridget A. Fernandez,Péter Szatmári	14
9	Adult siblings with homozygous G6PC3 mutations expand our understanding of the severe congenital neutropenia type 4 (SCN4) phenotype 2012 ·BMC Medical Genetics ·Bridget A. Fernandez,Jane S. Green,Ford Bursey,Brendan J. Barrett,Andrée MacMillan,(unknown),(unknown),Proton Rahman,(unknown),Sérgio L. Pereira,Stephen W. Scherer,Kym M. Boycott,Michael O. Woods	13
10	A Newfoundland cohort of familial and sporadic idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients: clinical and genetic features 2012 ·Respiratory Research ·Bridget A. Fernandez,George A Fox,Rick Bhatia,(unknown),Barbara Noble,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Laura Edwards,(unknown),Susan Stuckless,Patrick S. Parfrey,Michael O. Woods	65
11	A novel, non-stop mutation in FOXE3 causes an autosomal dominant form of variable anterior segment dysgenesis including Peters anomaly 2010 ·European Journal of Human Genetics ·Lance P. Doucette,Jane Green,Bridget A. Fernandez,(unknown),Patrick S. Parfrey,Terry‐Lynn Young	35
12	Identification of ANKRD11 and ZNF778 as candidate genes for autism and variable cognitive impairment in the novel 16q24.3 microdeletion syndrome 2009 ·European Journal of Human Genetics ·Marjolein H. Willemsen,Bridget A. Fernandez,Carlos A. Bacino,Erica H. Gerkes,Arjan PM de Brouwer,Rolph Pfundt,Birgit Sikkema‐Raddatz,Stephen W. Scherer,Christian R. Marshall,Lorraine Potocki,Hans van Bokhoven,Tjitske Kleefstra	84
13	Spina bifida before and after folic acid fortification in Canada 2008 ·Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology ·Philippe De Wals,Fassiatou Tairou,Margot I. Van Allen,R. Brian Lowry,Jane Evans,Michiel C. Van den Hof,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Barbara Sibbald,Bridget A. Fernandez,(unknown),Theo Niyonsenga	73
14	Profound, prelingual nonsyndromic deafness maps to chromosome 10q21 and is caused by a novel missense mutation in the Usher syndrome type IF gene PCDH15 2008 ·European Journal of Human Genetics ·Lance P. Doucette,Nancy D. Merner,(unknown),Elizabeth Ives,(unknown),(unknown),Tom Walsh,(unknown),(unknown),Bridget A. Fernandez,Jane S. Green,Edward R. Wilcox,(unknown),(unknown),Ming Lee,Mary‐Claire King,Terry‐Lynn Young	30
15	Impact of folic acid food fortification on the birth prevalence of lipomyelomeningocele in Canada 2007 ·Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology ·Philippe De Wals,Margot I. Van Allen,R. Brian Lowry,Jane Evans,Michiel C. Van den Hof,(unknown),Fassiatou Tairou,(unknown),Barbara Sibbald,(unknown),Bridget A. Fernandez,(unknown),Theo Niyonsenga	19
16	Tubulo-interstitial nephritis with Fanconi syndrome in Behcet disease 2007 ·Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation ·(unknown),A. Séchet,Bridget A. Fernandez,(unknown),Éstelle Desport,Marc Bauwens,J.M. Goujon,Jean‐Marc Gombert,Frank Bridoux,Guy Touchard	8
17	Male-to-female sex reversal associated with an ∼250 kb deletion upstream of NR0B1 (DAX1) 2007 ·Human Genetics ·Marta Smyk,Jonathan S. Berg,Amber N. Pursley,(unknown),Bridget A. Fernandez,Gabriel A. Bien‐Willner,James R. Lupski,Sau Wai Cheung,Paweł Stankiewicz	49
18	Reduction in Neural-Tube Defects after Folic Acid Fortification in Canadabreakdown → 2007 ·New England Journal of Medicine ·Philippe De Wals,Fassiatou Tairou,Margot I. Van Allen,(unknown),R. Brian Lowry,Barbara Sibbald,Jane Evans,Michiel C. Van den Hof,(unknown),(unknown),Bridget A. Fernandez,(unknown),Theo Niyonsenga	584
19	The Newfoundland population: a unique resource for genetic investigation of complex diseases 2003 ·Human Molecular Genetics ·Proton Rahman,Albert Jones,(unknown),Sylvia E. Bartlett,Lynette Peddle,Bridget A. Fernandez,Nelson B. Freimer	75
20	Molecular Genetic Studies of Human Chromosome 7 in Russell–Silver Syndrome 2002 ·Genomics ·Kazuhiko Nakabayashi,Bridget A. Fernandez,Ikuko Teshima,Cheryl Shuman,Virginia K. Proud,Cynthia J. Curry,David Chitayat,Theresa A. Grebe,Jeffrey E. Ming,Mitsuo Oshimura,Makiko Meguro,Kohzoh Mitsuya,Paromita Deb‐Rinker,Jo-Anne Herbrick,Rosanna Weksberg,Stephen W. Scherer	25

About Bridget A. Fernandez

Bridget A. Fernandez is a scholar working on Genetics, Cognitive Neuroscience and Rheumatology, having authored 40 papers that have together received 2.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities (12 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (9 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Genetics (1.5k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (752 citations) and Rheumatology (582 citations). Bridget A. Fernandez has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Stephen W. Scherer, Christian R. Marshall, Wendy Roberts, Péter Szatmári, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Fassiatou Tairou, Margot I. Van Allen, Michiel C. Van den Hof, R. Brian Lowry and Barbara Sibbald. Their work appears in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Scientific Reports and Genome Research.

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