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Related Parties - Summary of Subsidiaries and Other Related Parties (Parenthetical) (Detail) - Stores	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
LA'7 Participaes e Empreend. Imob. Ltda. [member]
Summary of related parties [line items]
Number of drugstores under rental contracts	15	15

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Summary of related parties.

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