Isotope at Medical Glossary

What is it? A form of an atom that differs from other forms of the atom in atomic weight. Isotopes may be stable (for example, deuterium) or radioactive (for example, tritium). Isotopes are incorporated into tracer molecules used in imaging molecular function in tiss

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