"Mustard Gas" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed).
| Descriptor ID |
D009151
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.526.728.468
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| Concept/Terms |
Mustard Gas- Mustard Gas
- Gas, Mustard
- Di-2-chloroethyl Sulfide
- Di 2 chloroethyl Sulfide
- Sulfide, Di-2-chloroethyl
- Dichlorodiethyl Sulfide
- Sulfide, Dichlorodiethyl
- Sulfur Mustard
- Mustard, Sulfur
- Yellow Cross Liquid
- Yperite
- Bis(beta-chloroethyl) Sulfide
- Mustardgas
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