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In routine blood test for my husband, PLATELET DISTRIBUTION WIDTH (PDW) is shown as 19.6 fL where 9.6-15.2 is the normal value. Is it Is it indicative of a underlying disease?
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An increase in pdw suggests that your husbands bone marrow is producing new platelets after some kind of inflammation in the body.
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