In TPTX as well as sham-operated rats, F increased periosteal bone formation, decreased endosteal bone formation and endosteal osteoid maturation rate, and increased endosteal bone resorption. Serum iPTH was not affected by F treatment. Thus, the effects of F on bone are not mediated by PTH.
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