Employee and Consultant Equity-Based Compensation - Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Details) - 2016 ESPP - Employee Stock	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
May 31, 2016 USD ($) hour shares	Dec. 31, 2016 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Offering period	3 months
Maximum number of shares per employee	100,000
Purchase price of common stock (percent)	90.00%
Shares authorized (shares)		500,000
Shares issued (shares)		11,093
Options available (shares)		488,907
Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Employee contribution (percent)	2.00%
Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Hours worked per week \| hour	20
Threshold of percentage of voting interests	5.00%
Employee contribution (percent)	15.00%
Employee contribution \| $	$ 25,000
Offering period	27 months

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The highest quantity of shares an employee can purchase under the plan per period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
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-Publisher FASB
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Number of share instruments newly issued under a share-based compensation plan.

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