Radiopharmaceuticals

Compounds that are used in medicine as sources of radiation for radiotherapy and for diagnostic purposes. They have numerous uses in research and industry. (Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1161)

Year introduced: 1997

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Tree Number(s): D27.505.259.843, D27.505.519.871, D27.720.470.410.650

MeSH Unique ID: D019275

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• Radiopharmaceutical

Previous Indexing:

• specific chemical (1966-1996)

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