Confidence votes 11. According to Wikipedia, the width of the Atlantic Ocean at its narrowest point is 2,848 kilometers (1,770 mi) between Brazil and Sierra Leone.
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) may cause unpredictable episodes of acute red blood cell destruction (hemolysis). This occurs when a part of your immune system called complement attacks red blood cells that lack certain protective proteins.
Classical PKU is caused by a deficiency of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH). Over 70 different mutations on the PAH gene found on Chromosome 12 have been found to cause the almost complete absence of PAH as seen in PKU patients.revalence. The incidence of PKU is highly variable in different populations. Many PAH gene mutations are thought to be Celtic in origin, this is supported by high frequencies of PKU in the Irish and in the Scottish, and for example an incidence of 1/4500 is seen in the Irish.