Maximum number of shares to be issued under Securities Purchase Agreement.

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- Definition

Proposed common stock shares authorized subject to stockholder approval.

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- Definition

The maximum number of common shares permitted to be issued by an entity's charter and bylaws.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(29))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) - shares	Apr. 26, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized		120,000,000	120,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized	120,000,000
Proposed new total of authorized shares, subject to stockholder approval	150,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Second Securities Purchase Agreement [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Maximum number of shares that could be issued	27,250,000