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Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Information about Warrants (Detail) | Sep. 30, 2012
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Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items] |
Number of Warrants | 4,116,147
Warrant 1 [Member] |
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items] |
Exercise prices | 70.60
Number of Warrants | 94,897
Remaining Life in Years | 4 years 7 months 6 days
Warrant 2 [Member] |
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items] |
Exercise prices | 20.00
Number of Warrants | 386,400
Remaining Life in Years | 10 months 24 days
Warrant 3 [Member] |
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items] |
Exercise prices | 5.00
Number of Warrants | 1,155,023
Remaining Life in Years | 2 years 2 months 12 days
Warrant 4 [Member] |
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items] |
Exercise prices | 5.09
Number of Warrants | 461,024
Remaining Life in Years | 2 years 2 months 12 days
Warrant 5 [Member] |
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items] |
Exercise prices | 1.38
Number of Warrants | 322,150
Remaining Life in Years | 3 years 2 months 12 days
Warrant 6 [Member] |
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items] |
Exercise prices | 4.16
Number of Warrants | 1,000
Remaining Life in Years | 4 years 2 months 12 days
Warrant 7 [Member] |
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items] |
Exercise prices | 3.25
Number of Warrants | 1,695,654
Remaining Life in Years | 3 years 10 months 24 days

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