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You are called to the nursery to see a white male infant you delivered 24 hours earlier. He is now moderately jaundiced, but otherwise doing well. In evaluating the source of the jaundice, you find slight splenomegaly on examination, and normal hematologic values (Coombs negative) except for a reticulocyte count of 5%. Your review of the maternal records reveals that a 3-year-old sibling has a low-grade anemia and splenomegaly and two uncles have had splenectomies.
This child likely has jaundice due to
a. ABO incompatability
b. Rh hemolytic disease
c. hereditary spherocytosis
d. chronic idiopathic jaundice (Dubin-Johnson syndrome)
e. familial unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (Crigler-Najjar syndrome
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Answer:hereditary spherocytosis
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