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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Details)

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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017 $ / shares shares
Common stock warrants
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Number of shares underlying warrants \| shares	40,000
Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) \| Warrants on Preferred Stock
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Volatility rate	65.00%
Risk free interest rate	1.63%
Strike price (usd per share)	$ 8.40
Fair value of common stock (usd per share)	$ 0.85
Expected life	3 years 1 month 3 days
Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) \| Equity Unit Purchase Option
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Strike price (usd per share)	$ 7.48
Fair value of common stock (usd per share)	0.85
Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) \| Equity Unit Purchase Option \| Class A Warrant
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Strike price (usd per share)	5.23
Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) \| Equity Unit Purchase Option \| Class B Warrant
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Strike price (usd per share)	$ 4.49
Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) \| Minimum \| Equity Unit Purchase Option
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Volatility rate	65.00%
Risk free interest rate	0.74%
Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) \| Maximum \| Equity Unit Purchase Option
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Volatility rate	75.00%
Risk free interest rate	1.63%

- Definition

Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

+ References

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i)(2))
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Agreed upon price for the exchange of the underlying asset.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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