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41302 - Disclosure - Stock Option Plans - Weighted-Average Assumptions to Estimate Fair Value (Detail)
(http://www.aegerion.com/role/DisclosureStockOptionPlansWeightedAverageAssumptionsToEstimateFairValueDetail)
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Reporting Entity [Axis]0001338042 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2015-01-01 - 2015-12-31
2014-01-01 - 2014-12-31
2013-01-01 - 2013-12-31
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
 
 
 
Expected stock price volatility
.6122  
.5847  
.8281  
Risk free interest rate
.0163  
.0191  
.0124  
Expected life of options (years)
P6Y2M16D  
P6Y3M4D  
P6Y1M21D