"Astatine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Astatine. A radioactive halogen with the atomic symbol At, and atomic number 85. Its isotopes range in mass number from 200 to 219 and all have an extremely short half-life. Astatine may be of use in the treatment of hyperthyroidism because it emits ALPHA PARTICLES.
| Descriptor ID |
D001246
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.271.110 D01.268.380.075 D01.496.749.305.110
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