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ATC code S01

therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System: Ophthalmologicals

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 24, 2025
Entity authorityQ434298
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ATC code S01 Ophthalmologicals is a therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, a system of alphanumeric codes developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the classification of drugs and other medical products. Subgroup S01 is part of the anatomical group S Sensory organs.

Codes for veterinary use (ATCvet codes) can be created by placing the letter Q in front of the human ATC code: for example, QS01. ATCvet codes without corresponding human ATC codes are cited with the leading Q in the following list.National versions of the ATC classification may include additional codes not present in this list, which follows the WHO version.

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The public source identifies “ATC code S01” as therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System: Ophthalmologicals. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around code, therapeutic and subgroup.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 107-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with code, therapeutic and subgroup providing the first useful test.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 24, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q434298. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from ATC code S01” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.