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Type IV has variable lumbar and a total sacral agenesis, the caudal end-plate of the lowest vertebra resting above either fused ilia or an iliac amphiarthrosis. Most of these children have little or no lower extremity motor function and will be dependent on wheel chairs for mobility.
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