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Segment Reporting - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2015 Segments Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments | Segments	2
Umbilical Cord Blood and Cord Tissue Stem Cell Service and Prepacyte-CB [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments | Segment	2

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- Definition

Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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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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