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Income Taxes (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Income Taxes |
Schedule of loss before income taxes and income tax benefit |
|  | Three months ended March 31, |
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Loss before income taxes |  | $ | (18,340) |  | $ | (16,057) |
Income tax expense (benefit) |  | $ | 190 |  | $ | (230) |

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