Stockholders' Equity (Details)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017 shares
Stockholders' Equity (Textual)
Reverse stock split, description	1-for-10 reverse stock split.
Restricted stock units [Member]
Stockholders' Equity (Textual)
Exercise of outstanding common stock options and vesting of restricted stock units	300,478
Common stock reserved for future grants of stock options and restricted stock units	198,532

Common stock capital shares reserved for future issuance under future grant of stock options and restricted stock units.

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As of the balance sheet date, the number of shares into which fully vested and expected to vest stock options outstanding can be converted under the option plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (e)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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Description of the reverse stock split arrangement. Also provide the retroactive effect given by the reverse split that occurs after the balance sheet date but before the release of financial statements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (SAB Topic 4.C)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187143-122770

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