albuminocytologic dissociation


al·bu·mi·no·cy·to·log·ic dis·so·ci·a·tion

increased protein in the cerebrospinal fluid without increase in cell count, characteristic of the Guillain-Barré syndrome; it is also associated with spinal block and with intracranial neoplasia, and is seen in the last phases of poliomyelitis.

albuminocytologic dissociation

An increase in the protein concentration of cerebrospinal fluid without an accompanying increase in the number of cells. See also: dissociation