Hemolytic disease of the newborn can result from an A) Rh^-mother with an Rh⁺fetus. B) AB mother with an O fetus. C) Rh⁺mother with an Rh^-fetus. D) Rh^-mother and an A fetus. E) AB mother with a B fetus.

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Hemolytic disease of the newborn occurs when the mother and fetus are Rh-incompatible, meaning that the mother is Rh-negative and the fetus is Rh-positive. In Choice A, the mother is RhS1U1P1- (Rh-negative) and the fetus is RhS1U1P1+ (Rh-positive), which could result in the development of hemolytic disease of the newborn. Choices B, C, D, and E do not involve Rh incompatibility and therefore would not result in hemolytic disease of the newborn.

Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn Can Result from an