Bibliography: leaves 243-267. / xxiv, 268, [32] leaves, [25] leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Special methods for the ultrastructural localization of basal lamina laminin and type IV collagen in animal oral mucosa were developed in a series of experiments aimed at determining optimim methods for tissue fixation, dehydration, embedding and immunoincubation. The results provide a tool enabling further understanding of the molecular organization of normal oral mucosal basal lamina and bassal lamina in squamous cell carcinomas. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Dentistry, 1994?