Seizure duration Prefrontal lobe growth retardation Recovery
 with behavioral problems
patient 1 2 y 8 mo present delayed
patient 2 1 y 4 mo present rapid
 without behavioral problems
patients (n=4) 5.5 mo (mean) present n.a.
 BCECTS
 with atypical evolution
patient 1 2 y 11 mo present delayed
patient 2 1 y 5 mo present rapid
 with typical course
patients (n=5) 4 mo (mean) present n.a.
 CSWS
 with longer seizure duration
patient 1 1 y 2 mo present delayed
patient 2 1 y 7 mo present delayed
patient 3 1 y 9 mo present delayed
 with shorter seizure duration
patients (n=2) 5 mo (mean) present rapid
Abbreviations: FLE: Frontal Lobe Epilepsy; BCECTS: Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes; CSWS: Epilepsy with Continuous Spike-Waves during Slow Wave Sleep; n.a: Not Applicable
Table 1: Volumetric analyses of the prefrontal lobe in children with frontal epileptic origin seizures.