A study of profile of snake bite patients and outcome at tertiary health care centre

 

Nitesh Suraj Chhajed¹, Vinod Ramchandra Baviskar^2*

 

¹Assistant Professor, ²Associate Professor, Department of General Medicine, Dr. Ulhas Patil Medical College and Hospital, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, INDIA.

Email: drniteshschhajed@gmail.com

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