The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.
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A | Alimentary tract and metabolism | |
2
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A12 | Mineral supplements | |
3
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A12C | Other mineral supplements | |
4
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A12CE | Selenium |
| Code | Title | |
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| A12CE01 | Sodium selenate | |
| A12CE02 | Sodium selenite |
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Selenium is an essential trace element. In human, selenium compounds are glutathione peroxidase and a selenium protein P found in the plasma. Deficiency of selenium has been associated with an endemic form of cardiomyopathy, Keshan disease and with Kaschin-Beck disease, an endemic osteoarthropathy which causes a severe deformity of the joints. |
| Document | Type | Information Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SELESYN Oral solution | MPI, EU: SmPC | Health Products Regulatory Authority (IE) | |
| SELESYN Solution for injection | MPI, EU: SmPC | Health Products Regulatory Authority (IE) |