Advances in managing and treating Rett syndrome: interview with Alan Percy

Alan Percy (University of Alabama at Birmingham; AL, USA) has more than 30 years of experience in pediatric neurodevelopmental disorders and is an internationally renowned researcher on Rett syndrome. We talked to him on Rare Disease Day 2016 to find out more about his career and current efforts to identify a cure for Rett syndrome, as well as the importance of rare disease research more generally. Can you introduce yourself and tell us a little about your career? I am a pediatric neurologist. I did my training in child neurology at Johns Hopkins University (MD, USA) and I have subsequently...