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Related Party Transaction - Additional Information (Detail) - Revon [Member] - License Agreement and Services Agreement [Member] $ in Millions	May 01, 2018 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Annual license fee	$ 0.2
Related party transaction, initial term	2 years
Exclusive license option, thereafter	$ 0.4
Development service costs	$ 0.3

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Software development service costs.

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Amount of transactions with related party during the financial reporting period.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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