Lessee, Operating Lease, Remaining Lease Term

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Lessee, Operating Lease, Termination Period

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
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Rental expense for the reporting period incurred under operating leases, including minimum and any contingent rent expense, net of related sublease income.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 840
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77902758&loc=d3e41499-112717

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Leases Leases - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Leases Leases - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Renewal term	2 years
Termination period	1 year
Rent expense		$ 4.2	$ 2.9
Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Remaining terms	1 year
Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Remaining terms	4 years