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A Newborn Is Observed to Be Mildly Jaundiced

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A newborn is observed to be mildly jaundiced.Bilirubin is not found in the urine.A relative absence of which of the following liver proteins probably accounts for the symptoms?


A) Bile salt export pump (BSEP)
B) Organic anion-transporting polypeptide (OATP)
C) Uridine diphosphate-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT)
D) Multidrug resistance protein 2 (MRP2)
E) Adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette proteins 5 and 8 (ABC5/ABC8

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