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Segment, Product and Geographic Information (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Allowance for sales returns and discounts, accounts receivable significant customers (in dollars)	$ 745	$ 348

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- Definition

A valuation allowance of sales returns and discounts for the accounts receivables from significant customers.

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Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

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- Definition

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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No definition available.

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