Compute $\int\frac{e^{f(x)}}{f(x)}\,dx$

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I am wondering if there is a non-elementary function in literature that describes the integration of $e^{f(x)}/f(x)$ with respect to $x$, where $f(x)$ is:

$$\sqrt{A + Bx + Cx^2}$$

or

$$\sqrt{(A-x)^2 + C}$$

Is it possible or will series expansion / Guassian quadrature or other numerical methods be necessary to estimate the integral?

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$\int\dfrac{e^{f(x)}}{f(x)}dx=\int\dfrac{1}{f(x)}\sum\limits_{n=0}^\infty\dfrac{(f(x))^n}{n!}dx=\int\sum\limits_{n=0}^\infty\dfrac{(f(x))^{n-1}}{n!}dx$

Then find $\int(f(x))^{n-1}~dx$ for any non-negative integral $n$ .

When $f(x)=\sqrt{A+Bx+Cx^2}$ and $f(x)=\sqrt{(A-x)^2+C}$ , $\int(f(x))^{n-1}~dx$ have close-forms for any non-negative integral $n$ .