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Cash and Cash Equivalents - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Mar. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
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Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract] |  |
Cash equivalents held at financial institution | $ 68,041 | $ 26,548
Cash and cash equivalents held at one financial institution | $ 70,619 | $ 24,103

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- Definition Amount of short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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