Correction ========== E Nasonov, S Soloviev, J E Davidson, *et al*. Standard medical care of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in large specialised centres: data from the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Republic of Kazakhstan (ESSENCE). *Lupus Sci Med* 2015;2:[e000060](http://lupus.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/lupus-2014-000060) doi:10.1136/lupus-2014-000060 The first sentence in the methods section of the abstract should read: Methods: The ESSENCE study was a 1-year, retrospective, multicentre, observational study. The following sentence on page 1 should read: The aim of the ESSENCE study was to describe the presentation of SLE and disease management practices for adult patients with SLE with active, autoantibody-positive disease in selected cities from three countries (the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the Republic of Kazakhstan). * Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions