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The following is an excerpt from the case study "It's All Greek to Me": "I am sorry to give you bad news. Nikoleta does have anemia but, unfortunately, giving her a high iron formula was exactly the opposite of what should be done. Nikoleta's disorder has a genetic basis." Iron is an important structural component of hemoglobin. Explain why this treatment failed and how the true cause of Nikoleta's anemia was discovered.

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the treatment failed because the disease is genetic and the cause was discovered when giving her iron had the opposite effect

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