Zahi Touma

10.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
186 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Zahi Touma is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Immunology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Zahi Touma has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 168 papers in Rheumatology, 80 papers in Immunology and 36 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Zahi Touma's work include Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (152 papers), Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (48 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (36 papers). Zahi Touma is often cited by papers focused on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (152 papers), Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (48 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (36 papers). Zahi Touma collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Zahi Touma's co-authors include Murray B. Urowitz, Dafna D. Gladman, Jiandong Su, Ronald van Vollenhoven, Guillermo Ruiz‐Irastorza, Caroline Gordon, Arvind Kaul, Graham Hughes, Mary K. Crow and Dominique Ibañez and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Zahi Touma

167 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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Systemic lupus erythematosus

2016 849 citations Zahi Touma, Murray B. Urowitz et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Prevalence, clinical associations and outcomes of pericarditis in systemic lupus erythematosus: insights from the University of Toronto Lupus Clinic 2025 ·Lara D. Veeken ·Pankti Mehta, Fadi Kharouf, (unknown), Qixuan Li, Shadi Akhtari, Paula Harvey, (unknown), (unknown), Dafna D. Gladman, Zahi Touma	0
2	Does baseline nephrotic range proteinuria determine the long-term outcomes of membranous lupus nephritis patients? 2025 ·Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism ·Fadi Kharouf, Pankti Mehta, (unknown), Qixuan Li, (unknown), Dafna D. Gladman, Zahi Touma	0
3	Does the time to the onset of lupus nephritis impact renal disease presentation and outcomes? 2025 ·Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism ·Fadi Kharouf, Pankti Mehta, Qixuan Li, D. Gladman, Zahi Touma, (unknown)	0
4	Association of Elevated Serum S100A8 / A9 Levels and Cognitive Impairment in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 2025 ·Arthritis Care & Research ·Carolina Muñoz‐Grajales, (unknown), Juan Pablo Díaz-Martínez, Jiandong Su, Kathleen Bingham, (unknown), (unknown), Maria Carmela Tartaglia, Lesley Ruttan, May Y. Choi, Simone Appenzeller, (unknown), Dennisse Bonilla, Patricia Katz, Dorcas Beaton, Robin Green, Dafna D. Gladman, Joan Wither, Zahi Touma	0
5	Predicting anxiety and depression in systemic lupus erythematosus: the role of inflammation, sociodemographic variables and clinical factors 2025 ·Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism ·M. Michael Sigel, Carolina Muñoz‐Grajales, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Maria Carmela Tartaglia, Lesley Ruttan, May Y. Choi, Simone Appenzeller, Dennisse Bonilla, Patricia Katz, Dorcas Beaton, Robin Green, Dafna D. Gladman, Joan Wither, (unknown), Zahi Touma, Kathleen Bingham	0
6	Primary headache in SLE –systematic review and meta-analysis 2024 ·Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism ·Joy Feld, Oshrat E Tayer-Shifman, Jiandong Su, Melanie Anderson, Zahi Touma	2
7	Evaluation of Progression From Preclinical to Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease: Novel Use of the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology/American College of Rheumatology Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Classification Criteria as an Outcome Measure 2024 ·ACR Open Rheumatology ·Sindhu R. Johnson, (unknown), Dennisse Bonilla, (unknown), Arthur Bookman, Linda T. Hiraki, E D Silverman, Zahi Touma, Mohammad Movahedi, Joan Wither	2
8	Circulating neutrophil extracellular trap remnants as a biomarker to predict outcomes in lupus nephritis 2024 ·Lupus Science & Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), Dafna D. Gladman, Murray B. Urowitz, Zahi Touma, Ana Konvalinka, Joan Wither	12
9	Centrally acting ACE inhibitor (cACEi) and angiotensin receptor blocker (cARB) use and cognitive dysfunction in patients with SLE 2023 ·Lupus Science & Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), Jiandong Su, (unknown), Kathleen Bingham, Lesley Ruttan, Dorcas Beaton, Joan Wither, Maria Carmela Tartaglia, Mary Sano, (unknown), Dennisse Bonilla, Robin Green, Zahi Touma	5
10	Systemic lupus erythematosus and damage: What has changed over the past 20 years? 2023 ·Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology ·Carolina Muñoz‐Grajales, (unknown), Elisabet Svenungsson, Zahi Touma	7
11	Measuring treatment outcomes and change in disease activity in giant cell arteritis: a systematic literature review informing the development of the EULAR-ACR response criteria on behalf of the EULAR-ACR response criteria in giant cell arteritis task force 2023 ·RMD Open ·(unknown), Milena Bond, (unknown), Dario Camellino, Melanie Anderson, Carol A. Langford, Christian Dejaco, Zahi Touma, Sofía Ramiro	4
12	In-person versus virtual administration of the American College of Rheumatology gold standard cognitive battery in systemic lupus erythematosus: Are they interchangeable? 2023 ·Lupus ·(unknown), (unknown), Andrea Knight, Kathleen Bingham, Jiandong Su, (unknown), (unknown), Maria Carmela Tartaglia, Lesley Ruttan, Joan Wither, May Y. Choi, Dennisse Bonilla, Nicole Anderson, Simone Appenzeller, Ben Parker, Patricia Katz, Dorcas Beaton, (unknown), Ian N Bruce, Zahi Touma	2
13	Assessing the Utility of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 2022 ·Arthritis Care & Research ·Oshrat E Tayer-Shifman, (unknown), Robin Green, (unknown), Patricia Katz, Kathleen Bingham, Juan Pablo Díaz-Martínez, Lesley Ruttan, Joan Wither, Maria Carmela Tartaglia, Jiandong Su, Dennisse Bonilla, May Y. Choi, Simone Appenzeller, (unknown), Dorcas Beaton, Zahi Touma	12
14	COVID-19 Hospitalizations, ICU Admission, and Death among Ontario Residents With Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases 2021 ·The Journal of Rheumatology ·Lihi Eder, Ruth Croxford, (unknown), Arielle Mendel, Bindee Kuriya, Zahi Touma, Richard J. Cook, Stephanie Johnson, Sasha Bernatsky, Nigil Haroon, Jessica Widdifield	2
15	Exploring the Mental Health Needs of Persons With Autoimmune Diseases During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Proposed Framework for Future Research and Clinical Care 2020 ·ACR Open Rheumatology ·Kathleen Bingham, (unknown), (unknown), Zahi Touma	7
16	Measures of Anxiety in Rheumatic Diseases 2020 ·Arthritis Care & Research ·Andrew Kwan, Kathleen Bingham, Zahi Touma	1
17	Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Symptom Clusters and Their Association With Patient‐Reported Outcomes and Treatment: Analysis of Real‐World Data 2020 ·Arthritis Care & Research ·Zahi Touma, (unknown), (unknown), David R. Bell, (unknown), Jennifer H. Lofland, Pamela Berry, Chetan S. Karyekar, Karen H. Costenbader	11
18	Measures of Cognition in Rheumatic Diseases 2020 ·Arthritis Care & Research ·(unknown), Kathleen Bingham, Oshrat E Tayer-Shifman, Zahi Touma	8
19	Risk of Cardiovascular Morbidity in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis: A Meta‐Analysis of Observational Studies 2016 ·Arthritis Care & Research ·Ari Polachek, Zahi Touma, Melanie Anderson, Lihi Eder	173
20	Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index 2000 Responder Index 50: sensitivity to response at 6 and 12 months 2012 ·Lara D. Veeken ·Zahi Touma, Murray B. Urowitz, (unknown), Dominique Ibañez, D. Gladman	36

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