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What is etv?
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How about a hint?: I am not familiar with the abbreviation - there are a few possibilities in the medical jargon. Can you give us a clue about the context of the term?
Answered 11/26/2012
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a drug: An oral anti-viral drug used in the treatment of hepatits b. It is also educational television, and a tugboat used in rescue operations.
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Could CSF leak under under the skin causing very baggy eyes. Started all of sudden and i get very bad headaches in the upright position. Better when i lye down. I have hydrocephalus and had a etv. ?
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