Table 1. Detailed sequential analysis of 961 suspected DMD patients leading to confirmed mutational status.

MPCR status	MLPA status	NGS Status	Mutation status	Number of patients
Negative	Negative	NGS Done	No variant	16
Negative	Negative	NGS Done	DMD	98
Negative	Negative	NGS Done	DMD/BMD	2
Negative	Negative	NGS Done	BMD	1
Negative	Negative	NGS Done	OMD	100
Negative	Negative	NGS Done	Other disorders	29
Negative	Positive	DMD	Single Exon Deletion	11
Negative	Positive	DMD	Single Exon Duplication	24
Negative	Positive	DMD	Contiguous Deletion	4
Negative	Positive	DMD	Contiguous Duplication	29
Negative	Positive	BMD	Single Exon Deletion	3
Negative	Positive	BMD	Single Exon Duplication	1
Negative	Positive	BMD	Contiguous Duplication	11
Negative	Positive	Cannot Comment		1
Negative	Positive	Non-Contiguous Duplication		7
Negative	Positive	Non-Contiguous Deletion & Duplication		1
Positive	BNC	MLPA Done	DMD-Single Exon Deletion	7
Positive	BNC	MLPA Done	DMD-Contiguous Deletion	117
Positive	BNC	MLPA Done	BMD-Single Exon Deletion	1
Positive	BNC	MLPA Done	BMD-Contiguous Deletion	33
Positive	BNC	MLPA Done	Cannot Comment	3
Positive	DMD	Single Exon		117
Positive	DMD	Contiguous Deletion		304
Positive	BMD	Single Exon		2
Positive	BMD	Contiguous Deletion		26
Positive	Non-Contiguous Deletion	MLPA Done	Non-Contiguous Deletion	2
Positive	Non-Contiguous Deletion	MLPA Done	Contiguous Deletion	8
Positive	Cannot Comment	MLPA Done	Contiguous Deletion	1
Positive	Cannot Comment	MLPA Done	promoter regions	1
Positive	Cannot Comment			1
Total				961