[Depression and temporal epilepsy. The possible role of laterality of the epileptic foci and of gender]

From a prospective study of 47 epileptic patients (26 men and 21 women) 25 with a left and 22 with a right temporal epileptic focus, the authors show that depression measured by the HARD score, is more severe in males, with a left epileptic focus. These results and the vulnerability to depression of left temporal lobe epileptic patients are analyzed.