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+RAISS (Robust and accurate imputation from summary statistics) is a python 
+package enabling the imputation of SNP summary statistics from the neighboring 
+SNPs by taking advantage of the Linkage desiquilibrium.
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+The package documentation is : http://statistical-genetics.pages.pasteur.fr/raiss/
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