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Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013
Intangible Assets Disclosure [Line Items]
Intangible assets estimated remaining useful life	17 years 9 months 18 days

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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