Initial Public Offering Price Per Share

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- Definition

Warrant Liabilities

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- Definition

Discount rate which is used to value residual cash flows generated by financial assets of a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer regardless of when the transfer occurred.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 860

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

-Subparagraph (b)(1)

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- Definition

Adjustment to the discount rate used to measure fair value for lack of ability to convert business interests into cash quickly.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (bbb)

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Amount of transfers of financial instrument classified as a liability out of level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (c)(3)

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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Aug. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013 Series C warrant [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Preferred and common stock warrants [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Convertible notes payable [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 March 2012 and October 2012 convertible notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Subordinated convertible notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Subordinated convertible notes [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value discount rate	35.00%						25.00%	18.00%
Discount for lack of marketability	18.00%
Warrants liability reclassified		$ 2,669,000
Public offering price of the shares sold			$ 12.00	$ 12.00					$ 12
Transfers from Level 3 to Level 2					$ 574,000	$ 48,234,000