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- ↑ "Sufrin Honored for Contributions to Urologic Research and Education". medicine.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ↑ "Carolyn Sufrin, Jacob Harold — Weddings". The New York Times. 2012-04-15. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-07-11.
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