Novel coronavirus infection: selenium, selenium-containing drugs, prevention of complications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29296/25877305-2022-04-13
Issue: 
4
Year: 
2022

Professor D. Dedov, MD
Tver State Medical University
Tver Regional Clinical Cardiology Dispensary

The article presents the literature data on the results of Russian and foreign investigations into the significance of selenium and selenium-containing preparations in the prevention of complications of novel coronavirus infection
Keywords: 
novel coronavirus infection
prevention
complication
selenium
selenocystin
SELENBIO for women
selenocysteine
woolly-flowered astragalus.

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