The threshold limit for number of common shares for issuance under employee share purchase plan

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The threshold percentage of number of common stock outstanding for issuance under employee stock purchase plan

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Share-Based Compensation - 2017 Equity Incentive Plan and Employee Share Purchase Plan (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Jan. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Share-Based Compensation
Stock option granted					0
Share-based compensation expense		$ 6,256	$ 744	$ 10,805	$ 2,167
2014 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-Based Compensation
Shares authorized		4,899,230		4,899,230		4,899,230	4,000,000
Number of shares remained available for future grant	372	0		0			1,034,805
2017 Equity Incentive Plan
Share-Based Compensation
Shares authorized	2,713,113
Number of shares remained available for future grant		2,369,319		2,369,319
2017 Equity Incentive Plan \| Employees and directors
Share-Based Compensation
Vesting period (in years)				3 years
Stock option granted				1,225,450	0
Share-based compensation expense		$ 5,810	484	$ 7,710	$ 1,379
2017 Equity Incentive Plan \| Non-employees
Share-Based Compensation
Vesting period (in years)				3 years
Stock option granted				137,537	0
Share-based compensation expense		$ 446	$ 260	$ 3,095	$ 788
2017 Employee Share Purchase Plan
Share-Based Compensation
Number of shares reserved for issuance	339,139
Threshold limit of common shares for issuance	600,000
Threshold percentage of number of common stock outstanding	1.00%