Characteristic finding in Guillain–Barré syndrome (also associated with spinal block and with intracranial neoplasia)
Why? Altered blood-nerve-CSF barrier and leaky spinal root capillaries (due to inflammation) => Albumin moves into the Subarachnoid space (CSF). WBCs remain the nerve roots; demyelinating. Hence the raised protein concentration without pleocytosis. [1]
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