Does this Integral have an Elementary Solution

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I cannot seem to get anywhere with this integral I was wondering if anyone could provide insite into a special function or some technique I overlooked (only tried integration by parts and it got me nowhere).

Also, forgive me for not knowing how to format it so that it appears pretty,

int[(gx+k)^(-2)*e^(-jx)]

g, j and k are constants.
 
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This is what http://integrals.wolfram.com gave me:
http://integrals.wolfram.com/Integrator/MSP?MSPStoreID=MSPStore464453624_0&MSPStoreType=image/gif
 
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Pseudo Statistic said:
This is what http://integrals.wolfram.com gave me:
http://integrals.wolfram.com/Integrator/MSP?MSPStoreID=MSPStore464453624_0&MSPStoreType=image/gif
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That means no, Ei is the http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ExponentialIntegral.html" .
 
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