Correlation of platelet count with outcomes in snake bite victims with systemic envenomation

 

Karthikeyan Navaneetham¹, Karthikeyan Ganesan^2*

 

^1,2Sr. Assistant Professor, Department of General Medicine, Government Thiruvarur Medical College, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, INDIA.

Email: kartheeg@yahoo.co.in

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