Copies of author's previously published articles inserted. / Bibliography: leaves 89-126. / vii, 126, [88] leaves, [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Finds that the metabolism of substance P (SP) and the subsequent production of SP-(7-11) is important in regulating the biological activity of SP on chondrycytes in the synoviol joint. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Medicine, 1996?