Abstract:

This review, reviews the article` Association of umbilical coiling index by colour doppler ultrasonography at 18-22wks of gestation and perinatal outcome’. This review will initially summarize the article. Then it is intended to analyse the article structure and find out the methods of investigation and whether the informations are clearly evident to the reader. Finally, the review will critically analyse the article and evaluate its authority, accuracy, updation , objectivity and coverage. The review will analyse the images, the tables before judging the articles accessibility and credibility. The article to be reviewed has been written very clearly and is clinically very relevant and innovative.

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