GH1 and osteoporosis: Delayed sexual maturation, growth hormone (GH) and insulin growth factor-(IGF)-1 deficiency, parathyroid gland dysfunction, diabetes, hypothyroidism, ineffective haemopoiesis with progressive marrow expansion, direct iron toxicity on osteoblasts, as well as liver disease have been indicated as possible etiological factors for thalassaemia-induced osteoporosis [2, 3].