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A genetic diagnosis was pursued but initial investigation revealed no aberrations in the dystrophin gene (<jats:italic>DMD<\/jats:italic>), although immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis suggested the diagnosis of dystrophinopathy. Eventually, after more than 10\u00a0years, an RNA analysis captured abnormal splicing where 154 nucleotides from intron 43 were inserted between exon 43 and 44 resulting in a frameshift and a premature stop codon. Normal splicing of the <jats:italic>DMD<\/jats:italic> gene was also observed. Additionally, a novel variant c.6291\u201313537A&amp;gt;G in <jats:italic>DMD<\/jats:italic> was confirmed in the genomic DNA of the patient. The predicted function of the variant aligns with the mRNA results. 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