Sergio OttolenghiW. George LanyonJohn PaulRobert WilliamsonD. J. WeatherallJ. B. CleggJon PritchardS. PootrakulWong Hock BoonBeatson Institute for Cancer ResearchUniversity of LiverpoolMahidol UniversityUniversity of2018-04-192018-04-191974-12-01Nature. Vol.251, No.5474 (1974), 389-392002808362-s2.0-0016228694https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/10731Two independent groups show that the absence of all or part of the globin α-chain gene is the origin of the homozygous α thalassaemia. © 1974 Nature Publishing Group.Mahidol UniversityMultidisciplinaryGene deletion as the cause of α thalassaemia: The severe form of α thalassaemia is caused by a haemoglobin gene deletionArticleSCOPUS10.1038/251389a0