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Current Accrued Expenses - Additional Information (Details) | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
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Payables And Accruals [Abstract] |  |
Maximum percentage of current liabilities accrued (in hundredths) | 5.00% | 5.00%

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